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Electromagnetism

Use changing magnetic flux, Maxwell's four-law synthesis, and electromagnetic waves to see how time-varying fields couple and propagate.

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Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law

Track one magnet passing one coil and see how changing magnetic flux linkage creates induced emf while Lenz's law fixes the response direction, with the stage, galvanometer, and graphs all driven by the same bounded motion.

Flux and induced emf

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Changing fluxInduced emfOpposes the change
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Maxwell's Equations Synthesis

See what each Maxwell equation says physically, how sources and circulation differ, and why changing electric and magnetic fields together unify electricity, magnetism, and light.

Field synthesis

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Source lawsCirculation lawsChanging-field bridge
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Prepare for the electromagnetism branch

Use the electricity topic page, the existing electricity-to-magnetism bridge collection, and the magnetic starter track so the transition into electromagnetism stays bounded and transparent.

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Start Electricity

Electricity is the authored prerequisite for Magnetism. Electric Fields opens this track and sets up the rest of the path. Nothing is hard-gated here; this is simply the authored prep path.

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Reuses the guided collection entry for Electricity to Magnetism Bridge, with 0 of 2 probes already ready.

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Electricity is the authored prep route for Prepare for the electromagnetism branch. Nothing is hard-gated here; this is simply the intended setup path.

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    Run the magnetic starter track once the recap is stable

    Magnetic Fields is the next best step inside Magnetism.

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    Revisit Maxwell synthesis as the branch target

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Electricity recapBridge collectionMagnetic starter trackMaxwell synthesis

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