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