---
title: Magnetic Energy
description: Students will display the interaction between two objects in a magnetic field and how their forces change.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/magnetic_energy-001.png
---

**Subject: Science; STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)**

**Lesson Length: 45 mins - 1 hour**

**Topic: Physical Science, Magnets, Energy**

**Grade Level: 10, 11, 12, 9**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [NGSS: HS-PS3-5](https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps3-5-energy)

**Brief Description:**  Students will display the interaction between two objects in a magnetic field and how their forces change.

**Know Before You Start:** Students should be familiar with magnetic fields and how objects interact.

**Hook:**

- Ask students: 
    - “What is a magnetic field?”
    - “How can magnetic fields be used to store energy?”
    - “What are some ways objects interact in a magnetic field?”

**Activity:**

- Have students discuss magnetic fields, object interaction, and energy.
- Have students choose objects that would interact in a magnetic field, and then choose objects to feature in a comic.
- Have students create a comic that shows the interaction between their chosen objects in a magnetic field.

**Closure:**

- Have students share their comics with the class or in small groups.
- Have students explain why they chose their objects to illustrate magnetic interactions.
- Have students discuss practical applications of magnetic fields, such as recycling cranes, electromagnets, magnetic door and cabinet locks, maglev trains, MRI machines, and solar and wind generators.
- Emphasize that magnets can be used to convert energy from mechanical to electrical and vice versa.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to choose simpler representations (magnets interacting with each other) or more complex (magnets in a generator) as appropriate.
- If students struggle to represent magnetic fields in their comics, allow them to use a practical application of magnets, such as one listed in the closure, instead.

**Resources:**

- Comic to print or display: [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/rrci3mc).
- [Draw/Plan Then Write](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/Printables/Graphic%20Organizers_10.pdf)
- [Crash Course: Magnetism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s94suB5uLWw)
- [Magnet and Magnetism - Encyclopedia Britannica Kids](https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Magnet-and-Magnetism/353411#:~:text=A%20magnet%20is%20a%20rock,nature%2C%20like%20electricity%20and%20gravity.)
- [Magnetic Field - BYJU'S](https://byjus.com/physics/magnetic-field/)
- [Use of Magnets - BYJU'S](https://byjus.com/physics/uses-of-magnets/)
- [Magnet Applications in Practical Life - Stanford Magnets](https://www.stanfordmagnets.com/list-of-magnet-applications-in-practical-life.html)

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078531323277959168/thumbnail.png) Laboratory ](https://content.pixton.com/laboratory)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1838241380359630848/thumbnail.png) Energy ](https://content.pixton.com/energy)

**Suggested Story Starters:**

- [ The Scientific Method ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/the-scientific-method)
- [ Simple Machines in Amusement Parks ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/simple-machines-in-amusement-parks)
- [ Identify Simple Machines in an Airport ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/identify-simple-machines-in-an-airport)

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