Year 3 - Magnetic Investigation

Date: 13th Oct 2024 @ 2:37pm

We have been investigating magnetic strength and how magnets can act at a distance.  We started off by seeing if a magnet was strong enough to lift a paperclip off the table.  We were amazed to see that we could make the paperclip hover in the air.  This was because the magnetic force was pulling the paperclip towards it.

We then conducted an investigation into magnet strength. We wanted to find out if the size of a magnet affected its strength.  We measured the distance that a magnet could attract a metal ball from.  From the magnets we used, we concluded that the larger magnets had the strongest magnetic pull.  We also found out that a magnetic force can act from a distance so it doesn't need to be touching a magnetic object to attract it.