Magnet and Compass

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Magnetic Field
Magnets
Compass

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Magnetic Field
Magnets
Compass

Description

Ever wonder how a compass worked to point you to the Arctic? Explore the interactions between a compass and bar magnet, and then add the earth and find the surprising answer! Vary the magnet's strength, and see how things change both inside and outside. Use the field meter to measure how the magnetic field changes.

Sample Learning Goals

Predict the direction of the magnet field for different locations around a bar magnet
Relate magnetic field strength to distance quantitatively and qualitatively
Describe how the earth's magnet field relates to a bar magnet

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Albanian	All shqip	Magneti dhe Busulla
Amharic	All Amharic	ማግኔት እና ኮምፓስ
Arabic	All العربية	Magnet and Compass
Armenian	All Armenian	Մագնիս և Կողմնացույց
Basque	All Euskara	Imana eta iparrorratza
Belarusian	All беларускі	Магніт і компас
Bosnian	All Bosanski	Magnet i kompas
Bulgarian	All български	Магнит и компас
Catalan	All català	Imant i brúixola
Chinese (Simplified)	All 中文 (中国)	磁体和指南针
Chinese (Traditional)	All 中文 (台灣)	磁鐵和指南針
Croatian	All hrvatski	Magnet i Kompas
Czech	All čeština	Magnet a kompas
Danish	All Dansk	Magnet og kompas
Dutch	All Nederlands	Magnet and Compass
Estonian	All Eesti	Magnet ja kompass
Finnish	All suomi	Magneetti ja kompassi
French	All français	Aimant et boussole
Galician	All Gallegan	Imán e Compás
Georgian	All ქართული	მაგნიტი და კომპასი
German	All Deutsch	Magnet und Kompass
Greek	All Ελληνικά	Μαγνήτης και Πυξίδα
Haitian	All Haitian	Leman ak Bousol
Hebrew	All עברית	מגנט ומצפן
Hungarian	All magyar	Mágnesrúd és tájoló
Indonesian	All Bahasa Indonesia	Magnet dan Kompas
Italian	All italiano	Magnete e Bussola
Japanese	All 日本語	磁石と方位磁針
Kannada	All Kannada	ಆಯಸ್ಕಾಂತ ಮತ್ತು ದಿಕ್ಸೂಚಿ
Kazakh	All Kazakh	Магнит және компас
Khmer	All Khmer	ត្រីវិស័យ និងមេដែក
Korean	All 한국어	자석과 나침반
Kurdish (Turkey)	All Kurdish (Turkey)	Miknatis û Cihnuma
Lao	All Lao	ແມ່ເຫຼັກ ແລະ ເຂັມຊີ້ທິດ
Latvian	All Latviešu	Magnēts un kompass
Lithuanian	All Lietuvių	Magnet and Compass
Macedonian	All македонски	Магнет и компас
Marathi	All मराठी	चुंबक आणि होकायंत्र
Mongolian	All Монгол (Монгол)	Соронзон ба Луужин
Persian	All فارسی	آهنربا و قطب نما
Polish	All polski	Magnes i kompas
Portuguese	All português	Magnet and Compass
Portuguese (Brazil)	All português (Brasil)	Ímã e Bússola
Romanian	All română	Magnet si Busola
Russian	All русский	Магнит и компас
Serbian	All Српски	Магнет и компас
Slovak	All Slovenčina	Magnet a kompas
Slovenian	All Slovenščina	Magnet in kompas
Spanish	All español	Imán y Brújula
Spanish (Mexico)	All español (México)	Imán y Brújula
Spanish (Peru)	All español (Perú)	Imán y Brújula
Swedish	All svenska	Magnet och kompass
Thai	All ไทย	แม่เหล็กและเข็มทิศ
Turkish	All Türkçe	Magnet and Compass
Turkmen	All Turkmen	Magnit we Kompas
Ukrainian	All українська	Магніт і компас
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