<^Electricity and Magnets> Electricity and magnetism are a lot alike. Electric charges can attract and repel things. So can magnets.
Better yet, magnetism can create electricity and vice versa! One way is to move a magnet back and forth in a coil of wire. This movement creates an electric voltage in the coil, which will become current if the coil is connected to a complete circuit. (By the way, you could get the same result by moving the coil, and keeping the magnet steady.)
You can also make this work the other way, and turn electric current into magnetism. Place a compass near a coil of wire. Then send an electric current through the wire. The compass needle will turn, just as if it were pulled by a magnet. The electric current in the coil of wire created the magnetic force that pulled on the compass!
