Magnetic Fields and Permanent Magnets
Students will explore the properties of permanent magnets and the magnetic fields they produce.
Key Questions
- Explain how a compass works using the Earth's magnetic field.
- Compare the magnetic field lines around a bar magnet to those around a horseshoe magnet.
- Predict the interaction between two permanent magnets based on their poles.
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