Mighty Magnets
Magnets are really simple materials with an awesome power. They can move objects even without touching them!
Magnets have two poles -- the North and South poles.
Here is the cool part. Magnets have two “super powers”! They can attract (pull) or repel (push) other magnetic materials! For X-Men fans out there, this is exactly the power Magneto has! He can move magnetic objects by attracting or repelling them!
Magnets are also very powerful! Do you know that the super fast Maglev trains in Shanghai, China are powered by electromagnets? Yes, they are! Just by using its special attracting and repelling powers!
So, let's see if we can move magnetic objects, without touching them, just by using Mighty Magnets!
The EXPERIMENT: Mighty Magnets
Our Objective: To investigate the attractive (pulling) and repelling (pushing) forces of magnets.
Our Materials:
Procedure:
INVESTIGATION 1:
INVESTIGATION 2:
Magnets have two poles -- the North and South poles.
Here is the cool part. Magnets have two “super powers”! They can attract (pull) or repel (push) other magnetic materials! For X-Men fans out there, this is exactly the power Magneto has! He can move magnetic objects by attracting or repelling them!
Magnets are also very powerful! Do you know that the super fast Maglev trains in Shanghai, China are powered by electromagnets? Yes, they are! Just by using its special attracting and repelling powers!
So, let's see if we can move magnetic objects, without touching them, just by using Mighty Magnets!
The EXPERIMENT: Mighty Magnets
Our Objective: To investigate the attractive (pulling) and repelling (pushing) forces of magnets.
Our Materials:
- Refrigerator Magnets
- Toy car
- Sticks
- Blutak
Procedure:
INVESTIGATION 1:
- Attach the black side of the magnet to the bottom of the car using some blutak.
- Attach the colored side of the magnet to the stick.
- Take the lid of the Science Box (or any box lid).
- Place the car on top of the lid.
- Place the magnet stick under the lid. Move the magnet stick until it attracts the magnet attached to the car.
- Move the magnet stick around.
- What happens?
INVESTIGATION 2:
- Attach colored side of the magnet to the back of the toy car.
- Attach the colored side of the magnet to the stick.
- Move the magnet stick close to the magnet attached to the toy car.
- What happens?
Year 2 and 3 Science Club students investigate the power of magnets. Later on, they created magnet car games by using the materials given to them.