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What are magnets?

What are magnets?. By: Karla Gomez. Magnets. Objective: Students will be able to know what a magnet is and familiarize with what objects it can attract. Target audience : Elementary students

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What are magnets?

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  1. What are magnets? By: Karla Gomez

  2. Magnets • Objective: Students will be able to know what a magnet is and familiarize with what objects it can attract. • Target audience: Elementary students • This tutorial can be viewed at any school district’s science or computer lab where Microsoft PowerPoint is installed. The tutorial will take 40 minutes (a class period). Use buttons below to continue

  3. What are magnets? • Magnetsare pieces of metal which are able to attract anything made of iron or nickel, or anything that contains iron.

  4. Question #1 Magnets are pieces of plastics. TrueFalse

  5. 3 types of magnets • Permanent magnets are always magnetic. • Temporary magnets lose their magnetism outside of a magnetic field. • Electromagnetis a magnet that acts as a permanent magnet when an electric current is flowing through it. Use buttons below to continue

  6. Question #2 How many types of magnets are there? a. 5 b. 2 c. 3

  7. Magnetic Poles • All magnets have two ends. • These ends are called the magnetic poles. • There is a North Pole (N) and aSouth Pole (S). Use buttons below to continue

  8. Question #3 Magnetic have two magnetic poles, North Pole and South Pole. TrueFalse

  9. 2 types of forces Repel Attract Poles which are different attracteach other, or pull together. • Poles which are the same, or like poles, repeleach other. • That means they push each other away.

  10. Forces • Attractionand repulsion are forces. The force of the magnet is strongest at the poles.

  11. Question #4 Attraction and repulsion are forces. TrueFalse

  12. Summary In this educational training, you will learn what is a magnet. This tutorial will summarize different types of magnets and forces they have. You are encouraged to continue and find different objects that repels or attracts a magnet.

  13. Topics • What are magnets? • 3 types of magnets • Magnetic Poles • 2 types of forces • Forces • Summary

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