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Electricity and Magnetism

Ejerce tu poder sobre los electrones y los protones para hacer rodar una lata.

Haz tu propio circo de pulgas eléctricas saltarinas.

At Black Sand, see the shape of an invisible magnetic field.

Exhibit developer Richard Gagnon explains how the exhibit came to be and how it's taken care of.

A magnet's force gathers and disperses a magnetic fluid in dynamic patterns.

Power these appliances with your feet!

This "tail-devourer" symbolizes an eternal loop.

Try building these circuits found in everyday objects.

Electricity moving in a wire makes a circular magnetic field.

Change the measured weight of an object—without touching it.

For magnets, strength isn’t necessarily in numbers.

Hanging magnets reveal the earth’s magnetic field.

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