About Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab
Experiment with magnets and coils to learn about Faraday's Law. Measure the direction and magnitude of the magnetic field. Induce a current through the pickup coil to light a bulb and vary magnetic strength, number of loops, and loop area. Explore applications of Faraday’s Law with electromagnets, transformers, and generators.
How to play Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. Experiment with magnets and coils to learn about Faraday's Law.
Questions & answers
- What is Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab?
- Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab is a free interactive simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder) that you can play right in your browser on crumble.lol — no downloads and no sign-up. Experiment with magnets and coils to learn about Faraday's Law. Measure the direction and magnitude of the magnetic field.
- What can kids learn from Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab?
- It helps kids explore: predict the direction of the magnetic field for different locations around a bar magnet and an electromagnet. compare and contrast bar magnets and electromagnets. identify the characteristics of electromagnets that are variable and what effects each variable has on the magnetic field's strength and direction. relate magnetic field strength to distance quantitatively and qualitatively. identify the conditions that produce induction. compare and contrast how the light bulb and voltmeter show characteristics of the induced current. predict how the induced current will change when the experimental conditions are varied.
- What age is Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab good for?
- It is designed for middle school (roughly ages 10–14) up to university, and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab free to play?
- Yes — Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.