Experiment set KINDERGARTEN 3 (Magnetism)
Investigating magnetism
The children set out on their journey of discovery armed with two powerful round bar magnets, five test discs made of different materials, a model car, a test tube and rack and a pile of paperclips. They use them to investigate the invisible magnetic force, and learn how its various phenomena relate to each other. In the experiments they discover:
- that there are only very few materials that are attracted by a magnet
- how the magnetic force is distributed along the length of a bar magnet
- how a small paper clip can pull a magnet out of a narrow shaft
- that the magnetic force also acts through water and plastic.
- that a magnet can not only attract but also repel, and notice that dividing a magnet in two results in two fully fledged magnets with north and south of poles of their own.
When they learn about the earth’s magnetic field using a compass, they discover that their knowledge has practical applications in everyday life too.
Handout booklet
In line with the KINDERGARTEN 3 experiment set, there is a separate booklet for educators and pre-school teachers with detailed information on each experiment, didactic suggestions, and proposed solutions.
01.01.20 Storage case
63.02.00 Inlay with cut-outs for apparatus, K3
63.03.00 4 Acrylic sheets with house design
63.04.00 4 Boxes of test discs
63.05.00 4 Test tube racks, K3
43.06.00 Plastic beaker, 100 ml
63.07.00 4 Model cars, K3
63.08.00 4 Plastic test tubes, 100 mm
06.09.00 8 AlNiCo cylindrical magnets
63.10.00 Box of paper clips
06.11.00 4 Compasses
63.12.00 Pair of scissors
63.13.00 4 Plate holders K3
03.17.00 Spool of thread
K3-1: How does the paper clip climb up the wall?
K3-2: Which disc is attracted by the magnet?
K3-3: Who can help the paper clip?
K3-4: Does a magnet work in water too?
K3-5: Can the paper clip attract the magnet?
K3-6: Who can rescue the magnet?
K3-7: Where is the magnet strongest?
K3-8: Can a magnet repel too?
K3-9: Is there a magnet that has four poles?
K3-10: Is magnetism “contagious”?
K3-11: What does a compass tell you?
