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Stars Club
Science Home
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North Beverly Elementary School
Science Club
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Magnets and Electricity
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Handout 1
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Magnets
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Science
Club - Class 5
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Magnets are objects with a magnetic
field.
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Magnets have opposite poles.
A north pole and a south pole.
Unlike poles attract each other.
Like poles repel each other
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What materials are attracted
to magnets?
Metal objects can become magnetized
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The Earth has a magnetic field
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A
compass lines up with the magnetic field of the earth and points north.
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Experiment #1
Like
pole repel opposite pole attract
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Science
Club - Class 5
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Magnets and
Electricity
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Circle the Correct Answer.
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Try putting a south pole to a north pole.
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Do they attract
or repel?
Attract Repel
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Try putting a
south pole to a south pole.
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Do they attract
or repel?
Attract Repel
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Try putting a
north pole to a north pole.
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Do they attract
or repel?
Attract Repel
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Try putting a
north pole to a south pole.
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Do they attract
or repel?
Attract Repel
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Experiment
#2
What materials are attracted
to magnets?
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Science Club - Class 5
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Magnets and Electricity
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Is
this material attracted to a magnet?
Steel
Ball
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Circle
the Correct Answer.
Yes No
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Marble
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Yes No
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Paper
Clip
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Yes No
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Wood
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Yes No
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Penny
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Yes No
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Washer
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Yes No
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Plastic
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Yes No
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Top of
desk
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Yes No
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Leg of
chair
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Yes No
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Your
Hand
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Yes No
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What did
you find?
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Magnets only attract materials that have some magnetic
properties.
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Activity #1
Magnetized
Paper Clip Chain
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Science
Club - Class 5
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Magnets and
Electricity
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A magnetized paper clip chain shows
how magnetism can be created by induction. That means an object can become
magnetized itself if it is placed next to a magnetized object.
How one paper clip in the chain magnetizes the next?
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Paper Clips
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