Electromagnetism 1

ELECTROMAGNETISM

We have an idea of which experiment our group will do. Materials:
 * a magnet(horse shoe magnet)
 * a screw
 * pile of paper clips
 * metal wire
 * a battery

What we will do is we will put the horse shoe magnet near the pile of paper clips, the paper clips will stick to the magnet because the magnet attracts the paper clips.Then we will get a screw and put it near the paper clips,nothing happens because the screw is just an ordinary metal, it is not a magnet.But to turn the screw into a magnet we will put a metal wire and wrap it around the screw then we will put a battery and attach to the two ends of the metal wire and see what happens by putting the changed screw near the pile of paper clips.

We got this experiment from You tube so we know what will happen.The paper clips willl stick to the changed screw because when we attached the battery to the two ends of the metal wire the electricity from the battery went through the wire and onto the screw.So just by adding some electricity to the screw the screw turned into a magnet!

This paragraph is written by Michelle.