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VI-13-Fun With Magnets

This document discusses the properties of magnets. It defines magnets as materials that attract iron, cobalt, and nickel. There are natural magnets found in rocks and artificial magnets made from metals. Magnetic materials are attracted to magnets, while non-magnetic materials are not. Magnets can be bars, horseshoes, or cylinders. They have north and south poles where attraction is strongest. A magnetic compass uses a freely rotating magnetic needle inside a case to point north. Magnets can attract or repel each other depending on whether poles are opposite or similar.

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VI-13-Fun With Magnets

This document discusses the properties of magnets. It defines magnets as materials that attract iron, cobalt, and nickel. There are natural magnets found in rocks and artificial magnets made from metals. Magnetic materials are attracted to magnets, while non-magnetic materials are not. Magnets can be bars, horseshoes, or cylinders. They have north and south poles where attraction is strongest. A magnetic compass uses a freely rotating magnetic needle inside a case to point north. Magnets can attract or repel each other depending on whether poles are opposite or similar.

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CHAPTER - 13

FUN WITH MAGNETS

CLASS :- VI
SUBJECT :- SCIENCE
1) Magnet :-
Magnet is a material which attracts materials like iron,
cobalt, nickel etc.
There are two main types of magnets. They are natural
magnets and artificial magnets.
i) Natural magnet :- is magnet got from rocks called
magnetite. It contains iron.
ii) Artificial magnet :- is magnet made from iron, cobalt and
nickel.
2) Magnetic and non magnetic materials :-
a) Magnetic materials :- are materials which are attracted by
magnets.
Eg :- iron, cobalt, nickel, steel etc.
b) Non magnetic materials :- are materials which are not
attracted by magnets.
Eg :- wood, plastic, rubber, glass etc.
3) Shapes of magnets :-
Magnets are of different shapes. They are bar magnet,
horse shoe magnet, cylindrical magnet etc.
4) Poles of a magnet :-
The two ends of a magnet where the attraction is maximum are called
the poles of the magnet. A magnet has two poles called north pole and
south pole.
A freely suspended bar magnet points in the North – South direction.
The end of the magnet which points towards the north is called the
North pole and the end of the magnet which points towards the south is
called the South pole.
5) Magnetic compass :-
A magnetic compass is a device used to find directions. It
has a metal case with a glass cover. A magnetic needle
which can rotate freely is pivoted inside the case. It also has
a dial marked with directions inside it.

Dial

Magnetic needle

Glass cover

Metal case
6) How to make a magnet :-
Activity :- Take a rectangular piece of iron, a needle ,a
blade or an iron nail. Keep it on a table. Take a bar magnet
and keep one of its pole on one end of the piece of iron.
Move it along the piece of iron till the other end. Then lift
the magnet and repeat this process 30 to 40 times. Then
the piece of iron becomes a magnet.

Bar magnet

Iron piece
7) How to make a magnetic compass :-
Activity :- Magnetise an iron needle with a bar magnet.
Insert the needle through a piece of thermocole. Float it in
a cup of water. The needle points in the North – South
direction.
Thermocole

Iron needle

North South

Water

Tumbler
8) Attraction and repulsion between magnets :-
The opposite poles of two magnets attract each other.

The similar poles of two magnets repel


each other.
9) Properties of magnets :-
i) Magnets attract materials like iron, cobalt, nickel etc.
ii) A freely suspended magnet points in the north – south
direction.
iii) The opposite poles of two magnets attract each other
and the similar poles of two magnets repel each other.
10) A few cautions about magnets :-
i) Magnets loose their properties if they are heated, hammered or
dropped from a height.
ii) Magnets should be stored properly. Bar magnets should be kept
in pairs with their opposite poles on the same side. They should be
separated by a piece of wood and two pieces of soft iron should be
placed at the two ends. For a horse shoe magnet a piece of soft iron
should be kept across the poles.
iii) Magnets should be kept away from radio, television, music systems,
computers, mobile phones, cassettes, compact discs etc.

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