Activity 1

Aim:
To show the magnetic needle deflecting using electric current
Materials required:
1. Straight thick copper wire
2. Battery,
3. Ammeter,
4. Magnetic compass,
5. White paper,
6. Resistor
7. connecting wires.
Procedure:
1. Take a battery, ammeter,resitor and a plug key
2. Connect all of them in series
3. Take a straight copper wire and place it between the points x
and y in the electric circuit as shown in figure
4. Make sure that the wire is kept perpendicular to the plane of
paper.
5. Horizontally place a small compass near to the copper wire
and note the position of its needle.
6. Switch on the circuit .
Observation
We can observe the change in the position of the compass
needle. On passing the electric current ,the needle is
deflected. It means that the electric current through the
copper wire produces a magnetic effect.
Activity 2
Aim:
To show the magnetic field lines around a bar magnet.
Materials required:
1. Sheet of white paper,
2. Drawing board,
3. Iron fillings,
4. Bar magnet

Procedure:
1. Fix a sheet of white paper on the drawing board.
2. Place a bar magnet in the centre of it.
3. Sprinkle some iron fillings uniformly around the bar magnet.
4. Now tap the board gently.
5. We can observe that the iron fillings arrange themselves in
the pattern of concentric circles.
Observation:
The magnet exerts force in the surrounding region. So the iron
fillings arrange themselves in the pattern of concentric circles.

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Activity 3
Aim:
To show the magnetic field lines using magnetic compass
Materials
required:
1. Magnetic compass
2. Bar magnet,
3. Drawing board,
4. Sheet of white paper.
Procedure:
1. Take a small compass and a bar magnet .
2. Place a magnet on the sheet fixed on a drawing board.
3. Mark the boundary of the magnet
4. Place the compass near the north pole of the magnet. The south
pole of the needle points towards the north pole of the magnet.
The north pole of the compass is directed away from the north
pole of the magnet.
5. Mark the position of the needle
6. Now move the needle to a new position such that its south pole
occupies the position.
7. In this way proceed step by step till you reach the south pole of
the magnet.
8. Join the points marked on the paper by a smooth curve. This
curve represents a field line.
Observation:
We can observe the deflection in the compass needle as you move
it along a field line. The deflection increases as the needle is moved
towards the poles.
Activity 4
Aim: To show the change in the direction of deflection of the needle by
using electric current
Materials required:
1. A long straight copper wire
2. Two or cells of 1.5v each
3. Magnetic compass
4. Plug key
Procedure:
1. Take a long straight copper wire, two or three cells of 1.5V each, and a
plug key.
2. Connect all of them in series
3. Place the straight wire parallel to and over a compass needle.
4. Plug the key in the circuit.
Observation:
1.Observe the direction of deflection of deflection of the north pole of
the needle. If the current flows from north to south, as shown in Fig
(a), the north pole of the compass needle would move towards the
east.
2. Replace the cell connections in the circuit as shown in Fig (b).This
would result in the change of the direction of current through the
copper wire, that is, from south to
north.
3. Observe the change in the direction of deflection of the needle. You
will see that now the needle moves in opposite direction, that is, towards
the west [Fig.(b)]. It means that the direction of magnetic field produced
by the electric current is also reversed.

Activity:5
Aim:
To show the magnetic field lines produced by current carrying a
straight conductor.
Materials required:
1. Battery
2. A variable resistor
3. An ammeter
4. A plug key
5. Connecting wires
6. A long straight thick
copper wire.
7. A rectangular cardboard
8. Iron fillings
9.
Procedure:
1. Take a battery , a variable resistor, an ammeter, a plug key,
connecting wires and a long straight copper wire.
2. Insert the thick copper wire through the center, normal to the
plane of a rectangular cardboard
3. Connect the copper wire vertically between the points X and Y.
4. Sprinkle some iron fillings on the cardboard.
5. Keep the variable resistor at a fixed position and note the current
through the ammeter.
6. Close the key so that current passes through the wire.
7. Gently tap the cardboard a few times.

Observation:
We can observe the pattern of iron fillings arrange themselves
showing a pattern of concentric circles around the copper wire.
They represents the magnetic field lines.

Activity: 6

Aim:
To show the magnetic field lines produced by current
carrying a circular coil.
Materials required:
1. Two or three cells 1.5V of
each.
2. Plug key
3. Circular coil
4. Rectangular cardboard
5. Connecting wire
Procedure:
1. Take a rectangular cardboard having two holes.
2. Insert a circular coil having large number of turns
through them, normal to the plane of the cardboard.
3. Connect all of them in series with battery.
4. Close the key
5. Tap the cardboard gently few times.
6. Note the pattern of the iron fillings that emerges on
the cardboard.
Observation:
We can observe the pattern of iron fillings arrange
themselves showing a pattern of concentric circles near
the coil. At the centre, it appears as a straight line.