Magnets Push and Pull!

      Attract, Pull, Repel, and Push, are words we use to describe the motions and polarity of magnets. We learned about how magnets work so that we do not just think they are magic! We saw lots of examples of magnets working, learned about the north and south poles of a magnet, and listened to a clear explanation of polarity, through videos and books.   We demonstrated polarity using some of the same magnets that we had used during our investigation of what magnets do.

'How do magnets work?' 

"We learned how some forces, like pushes and pulls, have to have direct contact. In other words, you have to touch something to push it. With a magnet, that is not always true. There are forces called 'unseen' forces -  forces you do not see. We discovered magnets have a 'magnetic field' around them. It isn't like a field with flowers and grass. It is an invisible area that has the force to move metal things. 

We learned that the earth is a giant magnet with a North Pole, 

a South Pole and a Magnetic field. 

The compass points to the North Pole.