Magnet and Compass


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Title Magnet and Compass
Description Guided Inquiry Lab Activity for High School Phyiscs/Astronomy (Magnetic Fields/Earth's Magnetic Field/How A Compass Works) Asks students to make connections with prior knowledge of gravity as in inverse square law. Can be supplemented with real bar magnets and compasses after for a demonstration.
Subject Astronomy, Physics
Level High School
Type Lab
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included No
Language Engleski
Keywords compass, earth's magnetic field, magnetic field, magnetism
Simulation(s) Magnet i Kompas


Author(s) Rebecca Jaronski
School / Organization Christiansburg and Auburn High Schools
Date submitted 2015.03.25
Date updated 2015.03.25