Electromagnet Lab

Today's experiment was neat. What we did was wrap a wire around a nail and hook it to a battery. It became a magnet. It was fun. ...Moriah

Today we made electro magnets. I picked up two paper clips with mine. We curled wire on a nail. Then we hooked up a battery to it. When the battery got hot the paper clip would stay on the nail magnetically. When the battery got too hot you would have to detach it. I think the fun part was messing with the wire. ...Mitchel

Today in Science we made magnets out of nails, wire, and batteries. I was able to pick up two paperclips with my magnet. It was fun. ...Johnny
Today we made magnets. It was an awesome experiment. I hung 9 nails and 2 paper clips from my magnet. My nail and wire got really hot. It was great. ...Annie
First you need a wire, a nail, a batery and a paper clip. Then you twist the wire around the nail. After that you stick the wire on a battery. I got 17 clips on my nail. ...Elizabeth
Today I made a magnet out of nails, batteries and wire. One of my wires fryed. I got one paper clip to stick to the wire. That's what I did. ...Joe
Our class made electrical magnets with nails and wires. We wrapped them tightly and hooked up to a battery. We tested with a paper clip. It worked! ...Logan
I liked making an electromagnet. You put the wire on the battery and the nail becomes the magnet. ...Austin O.
My class learned how to make an electro magnet with a nail today. It would stick to my braces but I thought it would be better not to try. ...Haley
Today it was fun because when the nail got hot so did the battery. One time it was really hot and could burn your finger or whatever you touched it with. ....Kaitlin
Today we made an electro magnet. First we got a spoon or some sort of metal and coiled wire around it. Then we used a battery and hooked up the wire. And then we had an electromagnet. ...Curtis
Today we create electrical magnetic energy. Joe took the wire and nail and charged it with a battery. It started to spark. I wrapped the wire around th enail. I tried to pick up a paper clip and it worked. ...Nisha

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It was really cool that I got the electroc magnet to work. My nail got really hot an so was the wire. I got the paper clips to stick to the nail too. The project was pretty cool. ...Jacob

Today we learned that you can make a magnet with a piece of metal, a wire and a battery. It was fun. I'd like to do it again. ...Jordan

April 18, 2006

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