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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray (b) test objects (c) a bar magnet (d) turmeric powder
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) test objects (b) a balloon (c) a bar magnet (d) a results chart
- 3.🔮 Predict: a magnet is held under a thin plastic plate with a paper clip on top. What happens? (a) the plate melts (b) the clip turns gold (c) nothing at all (d) the clip moves
- 4.🧲 Which of these is pulled by a magnet? (a) a cotton cloth (b) an aluminium can (c) iron filings (d) a copper wire
- 5.⚖️ 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
- 6.🔮 Predict: you drop a bar magnet on the floor many times. What happens? (a) it becomes heavier (b) it turns to copper (c) it gets stronger (d) it gets weaker
- 7.🛟 How should you store bar magnets? (a) dropped on the floor (b) in pairs, opposite ends (c) in a hot oven (d) loose in a toy box
- 8.🧲 Is a copper wire magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 9.True or false: a steel paper clip is not pulled by a magnet. (a) False (b) True
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the same paper clip is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧲 Two magnets: south near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
- 12.🧲 Two magnets: north near south. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wooden pencil (b) a copper wire (c) a steel paper clip (d) a cotton cloth
- 14.🧲 Which of these push apart? (a) south near north (b) north near south (c) south near south
- 15.True or false: south near north push apart. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧲 A bar magnet hangs freely from a thread. Which way does it point? (a) towards the Sun (b) up and down (c) east and west (d) north and south
- 17.🧲 Which of these pull together? (a) north near south (b) north near north (c) south near south
- 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a results chart (b) a bar magnet (c) vinegar (d) test objects
- 19.🧲 Which of these is not pulled by a magnet? (a) a wooden pencil (b) a sewing needle (c) a safety pin (d) iron filings
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray (b) a results chart (c) yeast (d) a bar magnet
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same table (b) the magnet used (c) sheets it pulls through
- 22.True or false: an aluminium can is pulled by a magnet. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the magnet test. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🛟 Why must small magnets be kept away from little children? (a) they are too hot (b) they may swallow them (c) they are too heavy (d) they smell bad
- 25.🧲 Is a cotton cloth magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a safety pin (b) iron filings (c) a paper sheet (d) an iron screw
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? What do we do with “the same table”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 28.🧲 Is a paper sheet magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) non-magnetic (b) magnetic
- 29.🧲 Two magnets: south near south. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) pull together (b) push apart
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an iron nail (b) an iron screw (c) a steel paper clip (d) a wooden pencil
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wooden pencil (b) a cotton cloth (c) a plastic ruler (d) an iron nail
- 32.🧲 Which of these is not pulled by a magnet? (a) an iron nail (b) iron filings (c) a safety pin (d) a cotton cloth
- 33.🧲 Why is an aluminium can not pulled by a magnet? (a) it is too shiny (b) it is too light (c) it has no iron in it (d) it is too cold
- 34.True or false: south near south pull together. (a) False (b) True
- 35.⚖️ 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
- 36.🧲 Which of these pull together? (a) south near south (b) south near north (c) north near north
- 37.⚖️ 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 same table (d) the magnet used
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the same paper clip is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧲 Which of these is not pulled by a magnet? (a) a steel paper clip (b) a copper wire (c) iron filings (d) a sewing needle
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the magnet used (b) the same paper clip (c) the kind of paper (d) sheets it pulls through
Answer key
- turmeric powder
- a balloon
- the clip moves
- iron filings
- we keep it the same
- it gets weaker
- in pairs, opposite ends
- non-magnetic
- False
- True
- pull together
- pull together
- a steel paper clip
- south near south
- False
- north and south
- north near south
- vinegar
- a wooden pencil
- yeast
- the same table
- False
- True
- they may swallow them
- non-magnetic
- a paper sheet
- we keep it the same
- non-magnetic
- push apart
- a wooden pencil
- an iron nail
- a cotton cloth
- it has no iron in it
- False
- False
- south near north
- the magnet used
- False
- a copper wire
- sheets it pulls through
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