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MAGNETS

Science Masterpiece

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Link to Video

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MAGNETS

  • Magnets have a North Pole and South Pole.
  • These Poles can attract (pull) or repel (push) other magnets over distance, this is called magnetism.

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VOCABULARY

  • Force – the push or pull that causes a change in an object’s motion.
  • Attract – to pull or draw in
  • Repel – to push away
  • Magnet – a material that attracts certain metals, such as iron and nickel
  • Magnetism – the power to attract some metals over a distance
  • North Pole – the end of a magnet that points north
  • South Pole – the end of a magnet that points south

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EXPERIMENT TIME

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CONCLUSION

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Which poles were attracted to each other?

Which poles repelled each other?

If you knew the north and south poles of a magnet, could you predict how it and other magnets will behave?