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.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 2.🔮 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
- 3.⚖️ 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) sheets it pulls through (c) the magnet used
- 4.🧲 Is a plastic ruler magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) non-magnetic (b) magnetic
- 5.🧲 Where is a bar magnet’s pull strongest? (a) in the middle (b) nowhere (c) at its two poles (d) everywhere the same
- 6.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 7.🧭 Which tool uses a magnet to find directions? (a) a sundial (b) a pulley (c) a periscope (d) a compass
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sewing needle (b) a steel paper clip (c) iron filings (d) a rubber eraser
- 9.🧲 Which of these is not pulled by a magnet? (a) a safety pin (b) a steel paper clip (c) an iron nail (d) a cotton cloth
- 10.🔮 Predict: you drop a bar magnet on the floor many times. What happens? (a) it gets weaker (b) it gets stronger (c) it becomes heavier (d) it turns to copper
- 11.True or false: an aluminium can is pulled by a magnet. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: south near south pull together. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) turmeric powder (b) a bar magnet (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
- 14.🧺 Do we need a bar magnet for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 15.🧲 Which of these is pulled by a magnet? (a) a sewing needle (b) a plastic ruler (c) an aluminium can (d) a wooden pencil
- 16.True or false: yeast is needed for the magnet test. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: a plastic ruler is pulled by a magnet. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a copper wire (b) a cotton cloth (c) a glass marble (d) a safety pin
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray (b) a results chart (c) a battery cell (d) test objects
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray (b) a mirror (c) a results chart (d) a bar magnet
- 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) a balloon (b) a mirror (c) turmeric powder (d) test objects
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an iron screw (b) an iron nail (c) a cotton cloth (d) a steel paper clip
- 23.⚖️ 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
- 24.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 25.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 26.🧲 Is a steel paper clip magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) non-magnetic (b) magnetic
- 27.⚖️ 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
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the kind of paper is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: yeast is not needed for the magnet test. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧲 Which of these is not pulled by a magnet? (a) a safety pin (b) a steel paper clip (c) a paper sheet (d) a sewing needle
- 31.🧲 Which metal do magnets pull most strongly? (a) gold (b) iron (c) aluminium (d) copper
- 32.🧲 Two magnets: north near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) pull together (b) push apart
- 33.⚖️ 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) sheets it pulls through (c) the kind of paper (d) the same paper clip
- 34.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the magnet test. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a results chart (b) a tray (c) a bar magnet (d) vinegar
- 36.True or false: an iron nail is not pulled by a magnet. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧲 Is a wooden pencil magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) test objects (c) a bar magnet (d) a results chart
- 39.🔮 Predict: you stroke a steel needle many times with one end of a magnet, always the same way. What happens? (a) it melts (b) it gets heavier (c) it becomes a magnet (d) it turns to wood
- 40.🧲 Which of these push apart? (a) north near south (b) south near south (c) south near north
Answer key
- not needed
- the clip moves
- the same table
- non-magnetic
- at its two poles
- not needed
- a compass
- a rubber eraser
- a cotton cloth
- it gets weaker
- False
- False
- a bar magnet
- needed
- a sewing needle
- False
- False
- a safety pin
- a battery cell
- a mirror
- test objects
- a cotton cloth
- True
- not needed
- True
- magnetic
- True
- False
- True
- a paper sheet
- iron
- push apart
- the magnet used
- False
- vinegar
- False
- non-magnetic
- turmeric powder
- it becomes a magnet
- south near south
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