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) test objects (b) a results chart (c) a balloon (d) a tray
- 2.🔮 Predict: you stroke a steel needle many times with one end of a magnet, always the same way. What happens? (a) it becomes a magnet (b) it gets heavier (c) it turns to wood (d) it melts
- 3.⚖️ 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
- 4.🧲 Which of these pull together? (a) north near north (b) south near south (c) north near south
- 5.🧲 Two magnets: north near south. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
- 6.True or false: an iron screw is pulled by a magnet. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: south near south push apart. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a results chart (b) a bar magnet (c) a tray (d) yeast
- 9.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 10.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 11.🧲 Is a safety pin magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 12.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the same table (d) the magnet used
- 13.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 14.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 15.🧲 A bar magnet hangs freely from a thread. Which way does it point? (a) north and south (b) towards the Sun (c) up and down (d) east and west
- 16.True or false: north near north push apart. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: south near north pull together. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔮 Predict: you drop a bar magnet on the floor many times. What happens? (a) it becomes heavier (b) it turns to copper (c) it gets stronger (d) it gets weaker
- 19.🧲 Which of these is not pulled by a magnet? (a) an iron nail (b) an iron screw (c) an aluminium can (d) a sewing needle
- 20.🧲 Two magnets: south near south. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
- 21.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 22.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) a tray (d) yeast
- 24.True or false: north near north pull together. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧲 Which of these push apart? (a) south near north (b) south near south (c) north near south
- 26.🧲 Which of these pull together? (a) north near north (b) south near south (c) south near north
- 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) a bar magnet (d) turmeric powder
- 28.🧲 Which of these push apart? (a) north near south (b) north near north (c) south near north
- 29.🧭 Which tool uses a magnet to find directions? (a) a sundial (b) a periscope (c) a pulley (d) a compass
- 30.🧲 Two magnets: north near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) pull together (b) push apart
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper sheet (b) a wooden pencil (c) an iron screw (d) an aluminium can
- 32.🧲 Is an iron nail magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) non-magnetic (b) magnetic
- 33.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 34.🧲 Which of these is not pulled by a magnet? (a) an iron screw (b) a safety pin (c) a rubber eraser (d) iron filings
- 35.🧲 Two magnets: south near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
- 36.🛟 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
- 37.True or false: north near south pull together. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔮 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 clip turns gold (d) the plate melts
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the magnet used is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧲 Is a paper sheet magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
Answer key
- a balloon
- it becomes a magnet
- we keep it the same
- north near south
- pull together
- True
- True
- yeast
- True
- not needed
- magnetic
- the magnet used
- we change it
- not needed
- north and south
- True
- True
- it gets weaker
- an aluminium can
- push apart
- we measure it
- True
- a tray
- False
- south near south
- south near north
- a bar magnet
- north near north
- a compass
- push apart
- an iron screw
- magnetic
- we keep it the same
- a rubber eraser
- pull together
- in pairs, opposite ends
- True
- the clip moves
- False
- non-magnetic
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