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