Key Ideas

KEY IDEAS

• MAGNETS CAN ATTRACT MATERIALS.

• NOT ALL MATERIALS CAN ATTRACTED BY MAGNETS.
• MATERIALS MADE OF METALS ARE THOSE ATTRACTED
BY MAGNETS.
• THEY ARE MADE OF IRON, NICKEL AND COBALT.
• MATERIALS WHICH ARE NON METALS ARE NOT
ATTRACTED BY MAGNETS.
• THESE MAY ME MADE OF RUBBER, PLASTIC OR WOOD.
 A MAGNET HAVE INVISIBLE MAGNETIC FIELD WHICH
ATTRACTS OBJECTS MADE OF IRON AND NICKEL.

THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF MAGNETS LIKE:

• RING MAGNETS
• RECTANGULAR MAGNETS
• HORSESHOE MAGNETS
• BAR MAGNETS
REMEMBER
• WHEN THE POLES OF THE TWO MAGNETS ARE PUT NEAR EACH
OTHER, THEY HAVE A FORCE THAT WILL EITHER PULL THEM
TOGETHER OR PUSH THEM APART.
• IF THE POLES ARE DIFFERENT, THEN THEY WILL PULL TOGETHER,OR
ATTRACT EACH OTHER.(ONE POLE IS A SOUTH POLE AND ONE IS A
NORTH POLE.)
• IF THE POLES ARE THE SAME, THEN THEY WILL PUSH APART, OR
REPEL EACH OTHER.(THEY ARE EITHER BOTH SOUTH POLES OR
BOTH NORTH POLES.)
• THE PUSH AND PULL OF A MAGNET IS CALLED MAGNETISM.
Assessment
 Home Activity

LIST DOWN OTHER MATERIALS AT HOME

THAT CAN BE ATTRACTED BY A MAGNET