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 yeast for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 2.🔮 Predict: a magnet is held under a thin plastic plate with a paper clip on top. What happens? (a) the clip moves (b) the plate melts (c) nothing at all (d) the clip turns gold
- 3.True or false: south near south push apart. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🛟 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
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the magnet used (b) sheets it pulls through (c) the same table (d) the kind of paper
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sewing needle (b) a copper wire (c) an aluminium can (d) a plastic ruler
- 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the magnet test? (a) a tray (b) turmeric powder (c) test objects (d) a results chart
- 8.🛟 Why must small magnets be kept away from little children? (a) they may swallow them (b) they smell bad (c) they are too hot (d) they are too heavy
- 9.🧺 Do we need a bar magnet for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 10.🧲 Which of these push apart? (a) north near north (b) north near south (c) south near north
- 11.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 12.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 13.🧲 Is a steel paper clip magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) magnetic (b) non-magnetic
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the same table is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🧲 Which of these is not pulled by a magnet? (a) iron filings (b) a steel paper clip (c) a copper wire (d) a safety pin
- 16.🔮 Predict: you drop a bar magnet on the floor many times. What happens? (a) it gets weaker (b) it gets stronger (c) it turns to copper (d) it becomes heavier
- 17.True or false: a rubber eraser is pulled by a magnet. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) a battery cell (b) test objects (c) a mirror (d) a balloon
- 19.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 20.True or false: south near north push apart. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧺 Do we need vinegar for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 22.⚖️ 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
- 23.🧲 Two magnets: north near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
- 24.True or false: a cotton cloth is pulled by a magnet. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wooden pencil (b) a glass marble (c) an aluminium can (d) iron filings
- 26.🧲 A bar magnet hangs freely from a thread. Which way does it point? (a) up and down (b) towards the Sun (c) east and west (d) north and south
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? What do we do with “the same paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 28.⚖️ 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 paper clip (b) sheets it pulls through (c) the magnet used
- 29.⚖️ 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
- 30.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 31.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the magnet test? (a) a tray (b) a bar magnet (c) a results chart (d) vinegar
- 33.🧲 Which metal do magnets pull most strongly? (a) copper (b) aluminium (c) gold (d) iron
- 34.🧲 Two magnets: north near south. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
- 35.🧲 Which of these is pulled by a magnet? (a) a wooden pencil (b) a glass marble (c) a rubber eraser (d) a safety pin
- 36.True or false: an aluminium can is not pulled by a magnet. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: south near south pull together. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: sheets it pulls through is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧲 Which of these is pulled by a magnet? (a) an aluminium can (b) an iron nail (c) a plastic ruler (d) a cotton cloth
Answer key
- not needed
- the clip moves
- True
- in pairs, opposite ends
- sheets it pulls through
- a sewing needle
- turmeric powder
- they may swallow them
- needed
- north near north
- not needed
- not needed
- magnetic
- False
- a copper wire
- it gets weaker
- False
- test objects
- we measure it
- False
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- push apart
- False
- iron filings
- north and south
- we keep it the same
- the same paper clip
- we change it
- False
- we keep it the same
- vinegar
- iron
- pull together
- a safety pin
- True
- False
- not needed
- False
- an iron nail
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