LESSON PLAN : MAGNETIC FIELD

I. Objective

1. Knowledge:

- Define magnet, describe the interaction between like and unlike magnetic
poles.

- Show connection between electricity and magnetism.

- Define magnetic field; state the convention direction of magnetic field.

- Define, describe, statethe features of magnetic field lines.

2. Skill:
- Recognize magnetic things in the real life.
- Distinguish Magnetic field from Electric field.
- Draw magnetic field lines around a single magnet, a straight current
- Draw the combined fields created when like and unlike magnetic poles
interact.
II. Preparation for teaching equipments
1. Teacher
- Some kinds of pernament magnet
- Set of experiments of interaction between a magnet and a current ; between
two currents
- Slides should be prepared.

- Projector to present lectures, questions and answers.

- For each group of students : 2 Bar Magnets; a U magnet; compass needles; salt
shaker of Iron filings; Wax paper.

2. Students

Review knowledge of electric field.

III. Teaching Methods

- Teacher presents keyterms, definition and organize activities

- Students work on problem in individual or group.

IV. Teaching and learning process.

 INTERACTION BETWEEN A MAGNET AND A CURRENT

ACTIVITIES CONTENTS
* Teacher: - Show picture of a electromagnic. Interaction between a
- Introduce Oersted’s experiment. magnet and a current.
- Question: (Oersted ‘s experiment)
What happens to the compass needle?
Why do you think that happens? Current carrying wire has
What did that experiment show? magnetism like a magnet
* Student: Observe videoclip
Demonstrate phenomenon.
Disscus teacher’s questions

INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TWO CURRENTS

ACTIVITIES CONTENTS
* Interaction between
* Teacher: In the previous experiment we’ve two currents
known that there’re forces between a magnet and a Parallel wires
current on a wire. So, are there forces between twocarrying currents in the
currents flowing through two wires? same direction ATTRACT
Students: Answer the question. each other.
* Teacher: Observe the experiment and describle Parallel wires
(comment on) about the interaction force between carrying currents in
two currents flowing through two parallel wires. opposite directions
* Teacher: Plug in the wires so that current flows REPEL each other.
through both in the same direction. Switch on,
what’s the force between the two wires?
Students: When the current flows through
both in the same direction, the wires attract.
* Teacher: We combine the wires so that the
current flows through the two different directions.
Switch on, what’s the force between the two wires?
Students: When the current flows through
both in the opposite direction, the wires repel.
* Summary: * Magnetic Interaction:
Interactions between two
magnets, between a
magnet and a current or
between two currents are
called magnetic
interaction. The forces
 exert on them are called
magnetic forces.
Magnet and current
* So, how to recognize the existence of a magnetic
are magnetic
field?

MAGNETIC FIELD
ACTIVITIES CONTENTS
Magnetic field:
* Teacher: How does the magnets and currents Definition:
exert magnetic forces on each other? Magnetic field is the
Students: Think and answer. region of magnetic
Suggetion: influence around magnets
+ How does the electric charges exert or currents
electric forces on each other? Feature: Magnetic
+ What’s region around electric field exerts magnetic force
charges? on both other magnets and
Students: The magnets and currents exert currents which are put in
magnetic forces on each other by the special it.
region around magnets and currents.
* Teacher: So that, has the magnetic field got the Direction of
direction? magnetic field: From
North to South.
* Teacher: Do the poles of a horseshoe magnet
attract each other? If you bend the magnet so that
the poles get closer together, what happens to the
force between the poles?
Students: Think and answer the question.
Suggetion: Is each pole of magnet on the
magnetic field? If so, does that field exert a
magnetic force on it?

MAGNETIC FIELD LINES

ACTIVITES CONTENT
Teacher: Gives pupils the experiment
materials The direction of magnetic field lines
- We have some materials: a magnet bar, are represented by the alignment of
iron filings, a rigid paper. I’m going give iron filings sprinkling on the paper
them to you and you will try to do an placed above the bar magnet.
experiment in groups.
As you know, the magnetic field
surrounds a magnet bar. We can create a
pattern by placing a piece of paper over a
magnet and sprinkling the paper with iron
filings.
After you do that, please look at the
paper and tell me about the image you
see.
Student: Work in group placing a piece
of paper over a magnet and sprinkling the
paper with iron filings. Then, they may
give these comments:
- The alignment of iron filling is the
curves. The density of iron filings near
the poles is greater than that in the place
far from the poles.
- The magnet can attract iron so the iron
filing is put on the direction of magnetic
field.

Teacher: We can use magnetic field lines a. Concept of magnetic field lines.
to describe magnetic field.
Magnetic field lines are
Read your textbook at Page …. and give drawn lines in magnetic field
the concept of magnetic field lines. whose tangent at each point is in

Teacher: Corrects the answers and the same direction with magnetic
analyzes the concept by giving some field.
example figures
Teacher: For example, this figure is
magnetic field lines of magnet. As you
b. Example
can see, if we draw the tangent at this
point, it’ll be in same direction with the
magnetic field.

Teacher:
1.
2. Magnetic field lines never
Q1: Look at the magnetic field lines and cross.
tell me about their properties ?
3.
Q2: How can you determine the direction
of the magnetic field lines? With magnet
and with current carrying wire?
They are formed close loops
A2: With magnet, you can see the mini from pole to pole.
magnets on the magnetic field.
Remember the direction of magnetic field
is from south to north of balance mini
magnet.
The magnetic field lines have
With current, use your fingers, hold the difined direction.
wire in your hands and try to find a link
+ Flow from the north pole to the
between the direction of your thumb and south pole of magnet
the direction in which your fingers curl.
+ Use right – hand rule with
current

The strength of the field is

Q3: Can magnetic field lines cross one
proportional to the closeness of the
another? lines. It is exactly proportional to
the number of lines per unit area
A3: No, they can’t, because we only draw perpendicular to the lines (called
one line at each point. the areal density). Field strength is
proportional to the line density.
Q4: How are magnetic field lines
formed?

A4: They flow from the south pole to the

north pole within a material and north pole
to south pole in the air.

Q5: Comment on the line density and the

strength of the field at other points?

A5: Field strength is proportional to the

line density.

Teacher corrects the pupils’ answers and

states exactly the properties of magnetic
field lines: