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MAGNETISM
DESCRIBING HOW TO MAKE MAGNET

BASIC COMPETENCE
To investigate the symptom of magnetism and how to make magnet

OBJECTIVES OF ACTIVITY
After doing experiment and group discussion, the student are able to make magnet

TIME ALLOCATION
Time is required to doing experiment, to discuss task and to present of discussion product is
30 minutes
TOOLS AND MATERIALS
1. Large nail

2. Iron dust
3. Magnet bar
4. Battery
5. Cable
6. Magnet
7. Rule
8. stative

SHORT INFORMATION
Objects that can be attracted there is a magnet that can be attracted strongly,
and there are weakly drawn. Therefore, the object grouped into three, namely ferromagnetic

objects, paramagnetic objects, and diamagnetic objects. Object that be attracted strongly by
the magnet are called ferromagnetic objects. For example are iron, steel, nickel, and cobalt.
Object that be attracted weakly by the magnet is called paramagnetic objects. For example are
platinum, copper, and salt. Object that be rejected by a magnet weakly called diamagnetic.
For example tin, aluminum, gold, and bismuth.
Magnetic objects that are not magnet can be magnet. That objects there is easily and
there is difficultly to be magnet. Each magnetic objects basically consists of small magnets
called elementary magnets. Objects that are not magnet, its magnet elementary direction is
irregular. Meanwhile, the magnetic objects have regular elementary magnetic direction
(Consider Figure 1). Therefore, principle of making the magnet is to change the arrangement
of the elementary magnets from irregular becomes regular direction and . There are three
ways make a magnet, that is rubbing, induction, and electric current.

Figure 1. The arrangement

of a magnet
Make a magnet with rubbing, iron rubbed with point of permanent magnet in one
direction. Make a magnet with induction, hold the nails into magnet. The last make magnet
with electric current, connect nail to battery.

WORK PROCEDURES
ACTIVITY 1
1. Alternately, hold the iron materials to iron dust. What happened?
2. Rub a nail in one direction with a magnetic bar 10 times. Then hold to the iron dust.

What happened?
ACTIVITY 2
magnet

1. Arranging the tool as shown.

2. Take a large nail into a magnet at distance of 3 cm then hold

the tip of a large nail to iron dust. What happened?

3. Take away magnet from a nail, what happen to the iron dust?

ACTIVITY 3
1. Wrap the wire to a nail as much as 5 times and connect with battery. Hold to iron dust.

What happened?
2. Disconnect wire from battery. What happen with iron dust?

TASK
1. According your experiment, whether the iron spikes before it is rubbed with a magnet

can attract iron dust?

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2. What happened to nail after nail rubbed on a magnet and then brought near the iron dust?

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3. According your experiment, when the point of magnet hold to the point of nail, whether

that nail can be magnetic?

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4. What happened to iron dust when magnet take away from point of nail?

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5. According your experiment, whether the iron spikes can attract iron dust after connect to

battery?
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6. What happened to iron dust when disconnect to battery?

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7. Write the conclusion of your experiment!