Magnets
Fri, Sep 14, 2012
Materials: Toys, bottles, pipe cleaner, paper clips, magnetic balls
Activity: Tape a paperclip on a toy. Use a magnet to drag the toy around. Make bottles filled with items, so younger children can still explore magnetism. Fill one bottle with 2 inch pieces of pipe cleaner. Fill another bottle with water and paperclips. Fill a third bottle with small magnetic toys like magnetic balls. Drag a magnet around the edge of a bottle and watch what it attracts!
Research Questions: What do magnets attract? What do magnets not attract? What do magnets repel?
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