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    Magnetic Storm is an activity to help students visualize a magnetic field. You will try out different shapes of magnets and compare their magnetic fields. Questions: How does the shape of the magnet influence its magnetic field? How might a compass be used in conjunction with Earth's magnetic field?

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    Magnetic Storm is an activity to help students visualize a magnetic field. You will try out different shapes of magnets and compare their magnetic fields. Questions: How does the shape of the magnet influence its magnetic field? How might a compass be used in conjunction with Earth's magnetic field?

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    3016 Magnetic 01

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    Magnetic Storm is an activity to help students visualize a magnetic field. You will try out different shapes of magnets and compare their magnetic fields. Questions: How does the shape of the magnet influence its magnetic field? How might a compass be used in conjunction with Earth's magnetic field?

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    Magnetic Storm Student Handout

    Visualizing Magnetic Fields


    Procedure Questions
    Magnetism is an unseen force. To 1 Choose a magnet and place a Write your answers on a separate
    help you visualize a magnetic field, piece of paper on it. Lightly sheet of paper.
    you will observe the alignment of sprinkle iron filings onto the 1 How did the shape of the
    iron filings around a magnet. The paper over the magnet. If you magnet influence its magnetic
    iron filings align in the direction of sprinkle the filings on too quickly field?
    the magnet’s field and make the and can’t see the magnetic field, 2 Where are most of the magnetic
    field visible. In this activity, you will get another piece of paper and field lines on each of the mag-
    try out different shapes of magnets try again. nets? Did your results agree with
    and compare their magnetic fields. 2 On another piece of paper, draw your prediction? Explain.
    the pattern the iron filings make 3 Where are the north and south
    as they experience the magnet’s poles on the round magnet?
    force. Draw the magnet’s shape. 4 What did you learn about the
    3 Use a compass to determine the strength of each magnet’s
    direction of the magnetic field magnetic field by moving the
    lines at various places around compass?
    the magnet. Draw arrows on 5 When you moved the compass
    your diagram to indicate this away from the magnet, what
    direction. happened?
    4 Move the compass away from 6 How is Earth like a magnet?
    the magnet until the compass no 7 Look at the illustration of Earth’s
    longer points to the magnet. magnetic field below. How is the
    Record this distance and the shape of Earth’s magnetic field
    direction the compass is point- similar to that of the magnets
    ing on your diagram. you experimented with? How is
    5 Predict whether different-shaped it different?
    magnets will produce magnetic 8 How might a compass be
    fields shaped like the one you used in conjunction with Earth’s
    just drew. magnetic field?
    6 Repeat steps one to four with the
    other magnets.

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