Experiment 1 - Magnetic Attraction Explore and determine what materials are attracted to magnets Key Words - magnet, copper, aluminum, steel, attract

Experiment 2 - Flying the Butterfly - Observing Magnetic Fields Students explore magnetic fields and find than objects do not have to touch a magnet to be attracted to it. Key Words - magnetic field, invisible

Experiment 3 - Observing Magnetic Field Lines Students will explore magnetic fields and observe magnetic field lines. Key Words - patterns, magnetic field, magnetic field lines, iron filings

Experiment 4 - Magnetic Poles Students find out how magnetic poles attract or repel each other. Key words - attract, repel, magnetic poles

Experiment 5 - Magnetic Poles and Field Lines Observe how the field lines as magnetic poles interact with each other. Key words - attract, repel

Experiment 6 - Barriers and Magnetic Field Lines Observe how different barriers effect magnetic field lines and how magnets attract objects Key words - barrier, blocked

Experiment 7 - Identifying Magnetic Poles Students determine the north and south poles of the 'mystery' magnet

Experiment 8 - Identifying the North Pole of a magnetic compass Students will identify and label the north and south poles of a magnetic compass Key Words - magnetic compass, compass needle

Experiment 9 - What effects magnetic compasses? Students will find out what materials change the direction a magnetic compass might point. Key words - directly

Experiment 10 - Making a magnet Students will change a metal rod into magnet Key words - stroking

Experiment 11 - Making a historical magnetic compass. Students will learn how to then make a historical magnetic compass Key words - align, lodestone

Experiment 12 - Making a simple magnetic compass. Students will learn how to then make a simple magnetic compass Key works - compass center piece, magnetized rod

Experiment 13 - Levitating Magnets Students will make a magnet levitate over another and learn the basis of magnetic levitating trains. Key words - ring magnets, bar magnet, levitate, maglev

Experiment 14 - Collecting Iron Filings Students will use a magnet to collect iron particles from sand or soil.

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