Live From the Sun

Exploring Magnetic Fields


Magnetic field lines by Justin Campbell


Magnetism is the key to understanding the sun. To better understand the forces involved with magnetism, CMS students observed magnetic field lines with iron filings, modeled 3-D field lines in a vegetable oil suspension, created electromagnets, and prepared soda bottle magnetometers for use in monitoring disturbances in the Earth's magnetosphere.

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