Magnet Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Iron sticks): 1. Put all the test objects on a tray. 2. Guess “magnetic” or “non-magnetic” for each and write it down. 3. Touch the magnet to each object and sort them into two groups. 4. Store the magnets in pairs and keep small magnets away from little children.
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- 1.🔮 Predict: you stroke a steel needle many times with one end of a magnet, always the same way. What happens? (a) it melts (b) it gets heavier (c) it becomes a magnet (d) it turns to wood
- 2.🧺 Do we need vinegar for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 3.🛟 How should you store bar magnets? (a) in pairs, opposite ends (b) loose in a toy box (c) dropped on the floor (d) in a hot oven
- 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) yeast (b) test objects (c) a mirror (d) turmeric powder
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧺 Do we need yeast for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.True or false: a safety pin is not pulled by a magnet. (a) True (b) False
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: sheets it pulls through is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🧺 Do we need a bar magnet for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 10.🔮 Predict: a magnet is held under a thin plastic plate with a paper clip on top. What happens? (a) the clip moves (b) nothing at all (c) the plate melts (d) the clip turns gold
- 11.🧲 Is a cotton cloth magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) non-magnetic (b) magnetic
- 12.🧲 Two magnets: north near south. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) test objects (b) a mirror (c) a bar magnet (d) a tray
- 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) turmeric powder (b) a mirror (c) a balloon (d) a tray
- 15.True or false: south near south pull together. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the magnet test? (a) a tray (b) a bar magnet (c) a results chart (d) yeast
- 17.🛟 Why must small magnets be kept away from little children? (a) they smell bad (b) they are too hot (c) they may swallow them (d) they are too heavy
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plastic ruler (b) iron filings (c) an aluminium can (d) a cotton cloth
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the magnet used is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: iron filings is not pulled by a magnet. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray (b) vinegar (c) a results chart (d) a bar magnet
- 22.🧲 Which of these pull together? (a) south near south (b) north near south (c) north near north
- 23.🧲 Is a safety pin magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rubber eraser (b) a sewing needle (c) a cotton cloth (d) an aluminium can
- 25.🧲 Is a paper sheet magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 26.True or false: south near north push apart. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🧲 Two magnets: north near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
- 28.🧲 Is a wooden pencil magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 29.🧺 Do we need a tray for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? What do we do with “sheets it pulls through”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same paper clip (b) sheets it pulls through (c) the kind of paper (d) the magnet used
- 32.True or false: a safety pin is pulled by a magnet. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) a balloon (b) a mirror (c) a results chart (d) turmeric powder
- 34.🧲 Is a steel paper clip magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? What do we do with “the same paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the magnet test? (a) a battery cell (b) a results chart (c) a tray (d) a bar magnet
- 37.🧲 Which of these pull together? (a) north near north (b) south near north (c) south near south
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an iron screw (b) a rubber eraser (c) a steel paper clip (d) a safety pin
- 39.🧲 Two magnets: south near south. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? Which of these is kept the same? (a) sheets it pulls through (b) the magnet used (c) the kind of paper
Answer key
- it becomes a magnet
- not needed
- in pairs, opposite ends
- test objects
- True
- not needed
- False
- False
- needed
- the clip moves
- non-magnetic
- pull together
- a mirror
- a tray
- False
- yeast
- they may swallow them
- iron filings
- False
- False
- vinegar
- north near south
- magnetic
- a sewing needle
- non-magnetic
- False
- push apart
- non-magnetic
- needed
- we measure it
- the magnet used
- True
- a results chart
- magnetic
- we keep it the same
- a battery cell
- south near north
- a rubber eraser
- push apart
- the kind of paper
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