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Magnet lab

Try things with a magnet: what it picks up, and why like poles push

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What this lesson teaches

  • Try 10 things and find what a magnet picks up
  • Discover that aluminium and copper are metals a magnet leaves alone
  • See paperclips hang at the ends, where the pull is strongest
  • Push two magnets together: like poles push, unlike poles pull

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