What is a magnet?
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Magnetic or Not Magnetic
Types of Magnets
Bar Magnet
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Ring Magnet
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Block Magnet
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Horseshoe Magnet
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Record your findings
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Magnet Fun
Magnet experiments
Magnet Mazes
Purpose: Students learn that magnets can attract other magnets or objects without touching or through various substances.
1. Create a maze
2. Get one magnet and one small magnetic object ( i.e. paper clip)
3. Move the paper clip along the maze!
2. Get one magnet and one small magnetic object ( i.e. paper clip)
3. Move the paper clip along the maze!
Paperclip Challenge
Your team will get a glass of water and a paper clip.
Challenge: Remove the paperclip with out getting your hand wet!
Conditions :
1. Hands cannot get wet.
2. Water does not spill.
3. Magnet stays dry.
Challenge: Remove the paperclip with out getting your hand wet!
Conditions :
1. Hands cannot get wet.
2. Water does not spill.
3. Magnet stays dry.
Science journal:
Problem: We have to remove a paperclip from water without getting our hands wet.
What did you do to solve the problem?
Draw a picture.
Lesson learned: Magnets can move things without even touching them. They can pull through solids like paper, plastic, or glass. They can pull through liquids and gases, too.
Problem: We have to remove a paperclip from water without getting our hands wet.
What did you do to solve the problem?
Draw a picture.
Lesson learned: Magnets can move things without even touching them. They can pull through solids like paper, plastic, or glass. They can pull through liquids and gases, too.
What are poles?
Magnets have two poles, a north pole and a south pole. The poles are where the pull of the magnet is the strongest.
Opposite Poles Attract and Similar Poles Repel
Paperclip Sculpture
Put as many paper clips as you can on top of a magnet and make your own paperclip sculpture.
How many clips do your magnet hold ? Why do different magnets hold different number of clips?
Fly a Kite
Draw a picture with sky and cloud. Make a little kite. Tape paper clips to the back of the kite and fly it around with a magnet wand. And see the power of magnetic fields!
Make a Magnet!
Have a magnet and a paperclip or needle. We will create a temporary magnet!
Stroke a magnet along a paperclip/needle in the same direction about twelve times to create a temporary magnet.
A magnet is actually made up of tiny regions known as magnetic domains , which all line up and point the same way. Any metal that sticks to a magnet also has domains. These are jumbled up – but a magnet can make them line up, and the metal temporarily becomes a magnet.
Stroke a magnet along a paperclip/needle in the same direction about twelve times to create a temporary magnet.
A magnet is actually made up of tiny regions known as magnetic domains , which all line up and point the same way. Any metal that sticks to a magnet also has domains. These are jumbled up – but a magnet can make them line up, and the metal temporarily becomes a magnet.
Now drop your paperclip/ needle magnet on the table a few times, and see what happens!
Final Magnet Project
Ideas-
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Where can I find magnets?
- Dollar stores
- Staples
- Michaels
- Staples
- Michaels
How compasses works
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