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 results chart (b) test objects (c) vinegar (d) a tray
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) test objects (b) a bar magnet (c) a battery cell (d) a tray
- 3.🧲 Two magnets: north near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) pull together (b) push apart
- 4.🧺 Do we need vinegar for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 5.🔮 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
- 6.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (b) the same table (c) the magnet used (d) the same paper clip
- 7.🧲 Why is an aluminium can not pulled by a magnet? (a) it is too cold (b) it is too shiny (c) it is too light (d) it has no iron in it
- 8.🛟 How should you store bar magnets? (a) dropped on the floor (b) in pairs, opposite ends (c) loose in a toy box (d) in a hot oven
- 9.🧲 Which of these is pulled by a magnet? (a) a rubber eraser (b) a sewing needle (c) a plastic ruler (d) a copper wire
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray (b) a results chart (c) test objects (d) a mirror
- 11.🧲 Which of these pull together? (a) north near south (b) south near south (c) north near north
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an iron screw (b) a plastic ruler (c) an aluminium can (d) a wooden pencil
- 13.True or false: a safety pin is pulled by a magnet. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧲 Where is a bar magnet’s pull strongest? (a) everywhere the same (b) at its two poles (c) in the middle (d) nowhere
- 15.🧲 Two magnets: south near south. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
- 16.🧲 Is an iron nail magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) non-magnetic (b) magnetic
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) iron filings (b) an iron nail (c) a rubber eraser (d) a safety pin
- 18.🧲 Two magnets: south near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) pull together (b) push apart
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the same paper clip is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: sheets it pulls through is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧺 Do we need a tray for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the magnet test? (a) a tray (b) a bar magnet (c) a results chart (d) vinegar
- 23.True or false: a bar magnet is needed for the magnet test. (a) True (b) False
- 24.⚖️ 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
- 25.🧲 Which metal do magnets pull most strongly? (a) aluminium (b) gold (c) copper (d) iron
- 26.True or false: vinegar is not needed for the magnet test. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an iron nail (b) a wooden pencil (c) a plastic ruler (d) a paper sheet
- 28.🧲 Is a copper wire magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) non-magnetic (b) magnetic
- 29.🔮 Predict: you drop a bar magnet on the floor many times. What happens? (a) it gets stronger (b) it gets weaker (c) it becomes heavier (d) it turns to copper
- 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray (b) a results chart (c) test objects (d) yeast
- 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) a balloon (b) a mirror (c) a bar magnet (d) a battery cell
- 32.True or false: north near north push apart. (a) False (b) True
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the same table is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔮 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 gets heavier (c) it becomes a magnet (d) it melts
- 35.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) iron filings (b) a sewing needle (c) a wooden pencil (d) an iron nail
- 37.True or false: a mirror is 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? Which of these is what we measure? (a) sheets it pulls through (b) the same paper clip (c) the kind of paper (d) the same table
- 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the magnet test? (a) a results chart (b) a tray (c) test objects (d) a balloon
- 40.⚖️ 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
Answer key
- vinegar
- a battery cell
- push apart
- not needed
- the clip moves
- the magnet used
- it has no iron in it
- in pairs, opposite ends
- a sewing needle
- a mirror
- north near south
- an iron screw
- True
- at its two poles
- push apart
- magnetic
- a rubber eraser
- pull together
- False
- False
- needed
- vinegar
- True
- True
- iron
- True
- an iron nail
- non-magnetic
- it gets weaker
- yeast
- a bar magnet
- True
- True
- it becomes a magnet
- we measure it
- a wooden pencil
- False
- sheets it pulls through
- a balloon
- we change it
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