Magnet Discovery Lab

Last week we started our unit on magnets with a visit from the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History's magnet lab.  Students rotated to 4 stations to explore how magnets can push and pull on other objects.  We worked on using some science vocabulary to describe what we did.  Take a look at some scientists in action:

2 magnets can repel to push the car.

The washer is attracted to the magnet.

Kingston made magnets float because they repelled each other.

We tested which materials are attracted to magnets.

Magnets can be used to separate materials if some are attracted to magnets and some are not.

Students tested many objects to see were attracted to magnets.

We also used magnets to pull the marble through the mazes.

Are you strong enough to force the magnets together when they repel each other?