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 bar magnet (b) a tray (c) a results chart (d) a balloon
- 2.🧺 Do we need test objects for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 3.🧲 Two magnets: south near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) pull together (b) push apart
- 4.🔮 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 becomes a magnet (c) it gets heavier (d) it melts
- 5.⚖️ 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
- 6.True or false: north near north pull together. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bar magnet (b) a battery cell (c) a tray (d) test objects
- 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) a battery cell (b) a bar magnet (c) vinegar (d) a balloon
- 9.⚖️ 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
- 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) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: a results chart is not needed for the magnet test. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧲 Is iron filings magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) non-magnetic (b) magnetic
- 13.🧲 Is an iron nail magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 14.🧲 Is a copper wire magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 15.⚖️ 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
- 16.🧲 Is a paper sheet magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 17.🔮 Predict: you drop a bar magnet on the floor many times. What happens? (a) it gets stronger (b) it becomes heavier (c) it turns to copper (d) it gets weaker
- 18.True or false: an iron screw is pulled by a magnet. (a) False (b) True
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of paper (b) the same paper clip (c) the magnet used (d) sheets it pulls through
- 20.🧲 Which of these is pulled by a magnet? (a) a wooden pencil (b) an iron nail (c) a plastic ruler (d) a cotton cloth
- 21.True or false: a plastic ruler is not pulled by a magnet. (a) False (b) True
- 22.⚖️ 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
- 23.True or false: a tray is not needed for the magnet test. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔮 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
- 25.🧲 Which of these is not pulled by a magnet? (a) an iron nail (b) a wooden pencil (c) an iron screw (d) a steel paper clip
- 26.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) a tray (b) a mirror (c) a balloon (d) a battery cell
- 27.True or false: a bar magnet is needed for the magnet test. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) an iron screw (c) an iron nail (d) a sewing needle
- 29.🧲 Which of these pull together? (a) south near south (b) north near north (c) south near north
- 30.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: south near south push apart. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) vinegar (b) a tray (c) a results chart (d) test objects
- 33.🧲 Where is a bar magnet’s pull strongest? (a) nowhere (b) everywhere the same (c) at its two poles (d) in the middle
- 34.🧲 Which of these is pulled by a magnet? (a) a copper wire (b) an iron screw (c) a glass marble (d) a cotton cloth
- 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the magnet test? (a) a bar magnet (b) a tray (c) test objects (d) a mirror
- 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) test objects (b) a mirror (c) a results chart (d) a tray
- 37.🧲 A bar magnet hangs freely from a thread. Which way does it point? (a) east and west (b) up and down (c) north and south (d) towards the Sun
- 38.🧲 Is a wooden pencil magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 39.True or false: a safety pin is not pulled by a magnet. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: a glass marble is pulled by a magnet. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a balloon
- needed
- pull together
- it becomes a magnet
- we keep it the same
- False
- a battery cell
- a bar magnet
- we measure it
- True
- False
- magnetic
- magnetic
- non-magnetic
- True
- non-magnetic
- it gets weaker
- True
- sheets it pulls through
- an iron nail
- True
- True
- False
- the clip moves
- a wooden pencil
- a tray
- True
- a glass marble
- south near north
- False
- True
- vinegar
- at its two poles
- an iron screw
- a mirror
- a mirror
- north and south
- non-magnetic
- False
- False
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