What Did You Learn?
1. Where are natural magnets obtained?
2. How can artificial magnets be made?
3. What material is needed for a permanent magnet? For a temporary magnet?
4. How can you find out which is the North Pole of an unmarked magnet?
5. How many poles does a magnet have?
6. Which magnetic poles attract each other?
7. Why couldn't you make a compass out of a strip of plastic?
8. What causes the compass to change direction when a wire carrying battery current is held over the needle?
9. List the materials you would need and tell how you would build a homemade compass.
10. Tell what you enjoyed most about becoming acquainted with mysterious magnetism.
