Home : 2002 : November : 29
Magnet activities
By JohnV
|
|
Some possiblilities, depending on grade level:1. Experiment by trial and error to find that there are two poles on the magnet and that depending on their combinations, they either attract or repel each other. 2. Put | a magnet under a sheet of paper and then sprinkle iron filings on the paper to reveal the shape of the magnetic field. 3. Use a magnet to classify other forms of matter according to whether they are magnetic (i.e. attracted to the magnet) or nonmagnetic. 4. Use wire wrapped around a nail and hooked up to a battery to make an electromagnet. 5. Find magnets and electromagnets in | |
use. They are in speakers and electric motors for example. You can probably get students to bring in non-working appliances and such to be taken apart.6. Teach how a magnetic compass works. Hope this helps. John
BACK
The ProTeacher Collection - All rights reserved
For individual use only. Do not copy, reproduce or transmit.
Copyright © 1998-2008 ProTeacher®
Visit our ProTeacher Community
What people are currently discussing in the ProTeacher Community:
|
|
