Magnetic Field Mapping

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Magnet with iron filings showing field lines

🧲 Part 1: Understanding Magnetic Fields

1. What is a magnetic field?

A visible area around a magnet

An invisible area of force surrounding a magnet

The colour of a magnet

The weight of a magnet

2. What do iron filings help us see?

The colour of magnetic fields

The pattern and shape of magnetic fields

How heavy a magnet is

The temperature of a magnet

3. Where do iron filings cluster most around a bar magnet?

In the middle of the magnet

At the north and south poles

Only at the north pole

Randomly everywhere

4. Which statements about magnetic fields are true? (Tick all that apply)

Magnetic fields are invisible

Magnetic fields can affect objects without touching them

Magnetic fields only work when magnets touch objects

Iron filings can reveal magnetic field patterns

🔬 Part 2: Recording Your Observations

5. Draw the magnetic field pattern you observed using iron filings. Label the north pole (N) and south pole (S) of your magnet.

6. Describe what you noticed about how the iron filings arranged themselves around the magnet:

7. Complete these sentences about your experiment:

The iron filings clustered most at the _____________ and _____________ of the magnet.

The magnetic field lines curved from the _____________ pole to the _____________ pole.

This experiment showed me that magnetic fields are _____________ but can be made visible using _____________.

8. Explain why iron filings move into patterns around a magnet, even though the magnet isn't touching them:

🤔 Part 3: Thinking Further

9. Predict what would happen if you placed two bar magnets near each other with their north poles facing each other. Draw your prediction:

10. Give two examples of how understanding magnetic fields might be useful in everyday life:

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

Magnetic Field Mapping

Magnetic Field Mapping

🧲 Part 1: Understanding Magnetic Fields

🔬 Part 2: Recording Your Observations

🤔 Part 3: Thinking Further

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