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.🛟 How should you store bar magnets? (a) loose in a toy box (b) dropped on the floor (c) in a hot oven (d) in pairs, opposite ends
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bar magnet (b) a mirror (c) a results chart (d) a tray
- 3.🔮 Predict: you drop a bar magnet on the floor many times. What happens? (a) it gets weaker (b) it becomes heavier (c) it gets stronger (d) it turns to copper
- 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the magnet test? (a) a results chart (b) a mirror (c) a bar magnet (d) a tray
- 5.🧲 Which of these push apart? (a) north near north (b) north near south (c) south near north
- 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) yeast (b) vinegar (c) a results chart (d) a battery cell
- 7.True or false: south near south pull together. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rubber eraser (b) a copper wire (c) a steel paper clip (d) a plastic ruler
- 9.🧲 Two magnets: south near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) pull together (b) push apart
- 10.🧲 Is a wooden pencil magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) test objects (b) a results chart (c) a balloon (d) a bar magnet
- 12.True or false: a glass marble is pulled by a magnet. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) a bar magnet (b) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) vinegar
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a safety pin (b) an iron nail (c) a glass marble (d) a sewing needle
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wooden pencil (b) a rubber eraser (c) a plastic ruler (d) an iron nail
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rubber eraser (b) a sewing needle (c) an aluminium can (d) a cotton cloth
- 18.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 19.🧺 Do we need vinegar for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 20.True or false: a safety pin is not pulled by a magnet. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a results chart (c) a tray (d) test objects
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wooden pencil (b) an iron nail (c) iron filings (d) a safety pin
- 24.🔮 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 melts (c) it becomes a magnet (d) it turns to wood
- 25.True or false: a sewing needle is pulled by a magnet. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 27.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the magnet test. (a) False (b) True
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the same paper clip is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧲 Why is an aluminium can not pulled by a magnet? (a) it has no iron in it (b) it is too light (c) it is too cold (d) it is too shiny
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: sheets it pulls through is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a copper wire (b) an iron screw (c) a paper sheet (d) a wooden pencil
- 32.🧲 Which of these is pulled by a magnet? (a) a plastic ruler (b) an aluminium can (c) an iron nail (d) a cotton cloth
- 33.True or false: a steel paper clip is not pulled by a magnet. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the magnet test. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔮 Predict: a magnet is held under a thin plastic plate with a paper clip on top. What happens? (a) the clip turns gold (b) the clip moves (c) nothing at all (d) the plate melts
- 36.🛟 Why must small magnets be kept away from little children? (a) they are too heavy (b) they smell bad (c) they may swallow them (d) they are too hot
- 37.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) vinegar (b) yeast (c) a battery cell (d) test objects
- 39.🧲 Is a rubber eraser magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 40.True or false: a bar magnet is not needed for the magnet test. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- in pairs, opposite ends
- a mirror
- it gets weaker
- a mirror
- north near north
- a results chart
- False
- a steel paper clip
- pull together
- non-magnetic
- a balloon
- False
- not needed
- a bar magnet
- a glass marble
- an iron nail
- a sewing needle
- not needed
- not needed
- False
- a battery cell
- we change it
- a wooden pencil
- it becomes a magnet
- True
- not needed
- True
- False
- it has no iron in it
- True
- an iron screw
- an iron nail
- False
- False
- the clip moves
- they may swallow them
- we keep it the same
- test objects
- non-magnetic
- False
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