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If you look carefully around your house, you will discover that magnets play a hidden role in much of the technology we use today. You can investigate other uses of magnets and develop interesting ideas for experiments and demonstrations. Remember that magnetic particles make tape recordings and computer diskettes function. Magnets are at work in every electric motor you see. Magnetism also affects natural phenomena, such as the aurora borealis (northern lights) and the migratory patterns of birds.

Check the For More Information section and talk with your science teacher of school or community media specialist to start gathering information on magnetism questions that interest you. Remember that any experiment involving electricity should use no more than three 1.5-volt batteries, and any experiment proposal should be approved by your...

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1. Introduction
2. Magnetism is a matter of alignment
3. Electricity can also produce magnetism
4. Experiment 1 - Magnets: How do heat, cold, jarring, and rubbing affect the magnetism of a nail?
5. Experiment 2 - Electromagnets: Does the strength of an electromagnet increase with greater current?
6. Design Your Own Experiment