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Magnetic Parade

This document describes three activities involving magnets: 1) Testing various objects to see if they are attracted or repelled by magnets. 2) Observing how iron filings arrange around bar and U-shaped magnets, revealing the magnetic field patterns. 3) Demonstrating how magnetism can be induced in paperclips by a magnet, where bringing a magnet near one paperclip can cause that paperclip to attract another.

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Magnetic Parade

This document describes three activities involving magnets: 1) Testing various objects to see if they are attracted or repelled by magnets. 2) Observing how iron filings arrange around bar and U-shaped magnets, revealing the magnetic field patterns. 3) Demonstrating how magnetism can be induced in paperclips by a magnet, where bringing a magnet near one paperclip can cause that paperclip to attract another.

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MAGNETIC PARADE!!!

Activity 1: Mag Test, Mag Test...1, 2! (Testing for Evidence of Magnetism)


Materials:
• pair of 3”- 6” bar magnets
• 6-10 objects made of different materials from inside the room
• Activity sheet
Safety Precautions:
• Handle magnets with care so as not to drop those. These might break, chip off, and weaken upon
impact.
• Keep magnets away from computer units/screens, memory storage drives and disks, magnetic tapes,
mechanical watches, and the like.

Procedure:
1. Use a bar magnet and explore the possible effect/s it can have on the other magnet when made to
interact.
Objects interacted with magnets Observable Effects (Attracted or Repelled)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

2. Pair 2- 3 different magnets and observe what happens.


What did I do to pair magnets? Observable Effects (Attracted or Repelled)
1.
2.
3.

Guide Questions:
Q7. What conditions with observable effects make magnets interact with another magnet?

Q8. In general, what conditions with observable effects make magnets interact with non-magnet
materials?

Q9. What type/s of force can a magnet exert on another magnet?

Q10. What type/s of force can a magnet exert on non-magnet objects?

Q11. How will you distinguish magnets from non-magnetized magnetic materials?
MAGNETIC PARADE!!!

Activity 2: Observing Magnetic Fields

Materials:
 Iron filings
 Transparent petri dish and water
 Bar and U magnet
 Pencil/pen
 Activity sheet
Safety Precautions:
• Handle magnets with care so as not to drop those. These might break, chip off, and weaken upon
impact. And do not drop the glass apparatus.

Procedure:
1. Put the magnet under the petri dish.
2. Put the water in petri dish.
3. Place few amounts of iron filings into the petri dish with water.
4. Slowly tap the petri dish without spilling the water inside.
5. Continuously tap until the iron filings move and observe changes.
6. Draw your observation.

BAR MAGNET U - MAGNET

Guide Questions:
1. What happened to the iron filings when you slowly tap them?
2. Did you observe pattern on the position of iron filings? How?
3. What do you call the pattern that surround the magnets?
4. Describe the arrangement of magnetic field in the bar and U- magnet.
MAGNETIC PARADE!!!
Activity 3. Induced Magnetism

Materials:
• magnet
• four paper clips
• Activity sheet

Safety Precaution:
• Handle the magnet with care so as not to drop it. It could break, chip off and weaken upon impact.

Procedure:
1. Use the bar magnet and nails to find answers to the questions below.
2. Record your answers on your activity sheet. Use diagrams to support your answers.

Observations:

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Guide Questions:

Q12. What happens if you bring two paper clips close to (or touching) each other?

Q13. If you bring a bar magnet close to (or touching) the first paper clip, can the first paper clip attract
and lift a second paper clip? A third one?

Q14. What happens if vary/change the distance between the magnet and the nail/s?

Q15. If the north pole of the bar magnet suspends the first nail by attraction, what is then the paper
clip’s polarity of induced magnetism in the indicated regions? Why

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