Summary
“Make Your Own Compass!” is a short SciShow Kids science video for the K–5 classroom. It explains magnets and the push-and-pull force between them. Quick to drop into a science lesson, a center, or a few spare minutes before the bell.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
This video explains magnets and the invisible forces between them.
- What did the magnets in this video do?
- How can a magnet move something without touching it?
- What objects around you do you think a magnet would stick to?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: magnet, force, attract, repel, pole.
Try it: Test five objects with a magnet and sort them into 'sticks' and 'doesn't stick'.