A Prelude to Pickups Activity: The Solenoid

This 7-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity "designed to lay the foundation for future discussions and learning activities regarding electric guitar pickups, and is appropriate for both middle and high school students." The learning objectives for this activity are: 

1. Use the Right Hand Rule for Solenoids to determine the orientation of a magnetic field when the direction of electric current is known, and vice-versa.
2. Use the formula for magnetic field force in a Solenoid to make determinations regarding coil windings, electric current, magnetic permeability and solenoid length.
3. Apply a basic understanding of solenoid functions in order to hypothesize about speaker operation.

This resource consists of the following sections: Learning Objectives, Standards, Materials Required, Safety, References, Activity, and more. An assessment for the activity is also included.