Each group needs:

• Magnetic Attraction Station Worksheet
• Magnetic Attraction Station Instruction Sheet (or, print out one sheet, cut it up and place portions at each station.

Set up the following stations for use by the entire class:

Station 1: Ring Magnets

• 2-4 ring magnets (magnets available at most hardware stores)
• 1 pencil

Station 2: Magnetic Separation

• ½ teaspoon (2.5 grams) sugar
• 1 teaspoon (5 grams) iron filings (available at hardware stores)
• 1 cup (.24 liter) water
• 2 beakers

Station 3: Magnetic Pole Identification

• 1 large bar magnet
• 1 small bar magnet
• 1 orienteering compass
• masking tape

Station 4: Magnetic Loops

• 1 piece thin Plexiglas or a Petri dish
• 4 small items of identical height (corks or blocks), to securely prop up the Plexiglas or Petri dish
• a few differently-shaped magnets (For example, bar, ring or u-shaped magnets)
• a small container of iron filings.

Station 5: Magnetic Prediction

• 1-2 bar magnets
• several test objects, such as corks, erasers, paper clips, coins, cloth, aluminum foil, plastic pen, mechanical pencil graphite, ceramic, Popsicle sticks, etc.

Station 6: Make Your Own Magnet

• 2 bar magnets
• 2 nails (made of zinc, iron or steel, but not aluminum)
• 10-20 paper clips