Description
Activities in the first part of the book
- Draw with iron filings
- Discover what sticks to magnets
- Levitate and bounce rings
- Make a duck swim
- Create a temporary magnet
- Detect iron
- Go fishing
- Play with magnetic poles
Sometime between second and third grade, children should revisit this book, repeat their favorite activities, and do the more advanced projects in the later sections.
Advanced Activities
- Build an electromagnet – then flip the poles
- Construct a compass
- Visualize the lines of magnetic force
- Explore compass directions
- Discover how motors work
Requires one D cell battery