DIY Activity Ideas: Fun with Magnets!
Introduction:
Magnets are fascinating objects that have the ability to attract or repel certain materials. Engage your high school students or homeschooling children in these hands-on activities to explore the properties of magnets and the science behind their behavior.
Activity 1: Checking Magnetic and Non-Magnetic
Materials Required:
- Solid magnet
- steel
- paper
- iron
- aluminum
- wood
- plastic
Procedure:
Gather different materials such as steel, paper, iron, aluminum, wood, and plastic. Use a solid magnet to check each material for magnetic properties. Observe how the magnet interacts with each material. Determine which materials are magnetic and which are non-magnetic. Discuss the underlying science behind magnetism and how magnetic materials contain domains of aligned magnetic particles.
Activity 2: Magnetic Attraction and Repulsion
Materials Required:
- 2 solid magnets
- 6 normal magnets with stickers (red for North, blue for South)
Procedure:
Attach stickers of different colors (red for North and blue for South) to the ends of the normal magnets. Explore magnetic attraction and repulsion by bringing magnets with opposite poles together to observe attraction and magnets with like poles together to observe repulsion. Discuss the concept of magnetic poles and the force of attraction or repulsion between them.
Activity 3: Magnetic Levitation
Materials Required:
- Eva foam sheets as a base pad, pencil, glass strip, solid and normal magnets with
stickers
Procedure:
Create a model using the Eva foam sheets as a base pad. Attach a magnet to the pencil and place it on the base pad. Arrange the solid and normal magnets with like poles facing each other to create a repulsive force. Observe the pencil levitating due to the repulsion between the magnets. Discuss the science behind magnetic levitation and the concept of repulsive forces.
Activity 4: Magneto Tracer (Fun Activity)
Materials Required:
- Eva foam sheets as a base pad
- two solid magnets
- small toy fan
- metal rod
- plastic
straw - glass strip
- paper clip
Procedure:
Construct a model using the Eva foam sheets as a base pad. Attach a magnet to the
metal rod and insert it into the plastic straw. Attach a paper clip to the bottom of the
rod. Connect the top of the rod to a small toy fan. Blow the fan to make it rotate, causing the paper clip to move in a to-and-fro motion without detaching from the rod. Observe the magnetic induction and discuss the science behind it.
Cross Word Puzzle
Down
2. A natural magnet
3. To pull together
4. Instrument that uses magnets to make sound waves
6. Lines of force make up the …………………………field.
7. Pole that attracts a north pole
10. There are two …………………on a magnet.
12. Opposite of short
Across
1. Magnet made with an electric current
5. Device that works because of Earth’s magnetism
8. Iron filings line up along a magnets lines ………………………………
9. To push away
11. A magnetic ………………….surrounds a magnet.
13. Not different of
14. Device that attracts certain metals
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Magnets Unleashed: Engaging DIY Experiments for
High School Explorers of Attraction and Repulsion!
By engaging in these DIY activities, high school students and homeschooling children will explore the fascinating world of magnets. Through checking magnetic and non-magnetic materials, observing magnetic attraction and repulsion, experimenting with magnetic levitation, and creating a magneto tracer, they will gain a deeper understanding of the properties of magnets and the scientific principles behind their behavior. Encourage them to further explore the applications of magnets in various fields and everyday life.
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