| Misconception |
Discussion of the problem |
Possible Activities |
| All metals are attracted to a magnet. |
Only iron, nickel and cobalt and their alloys are attracted to a magnet |
Circus of material to test |
| All silver colored items are attracted to a magnet. |
as above |
as above |
| All magnets are made of iron. |
iron is a soft magnetic material - wouldn't work! |
Make magnets - iron and steel - by stroking |
| Larger magnets are stronger than smaller magnets. |
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part of a circus - weak big one and strong small one! |
| The magnetic and geographic poles of the earth are located at the same place. |
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Web search on navigation of seas and how magnetic pole 'moves' |
| The magnetic pole of the earth in the northern hemisphere is a north pole, and the pole in the southern hemisphere is a south pole. |
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Make a model of the earth and put a magnet within it so that search compasses point north |
