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Exploring Magnetic Fields

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Students explore the concept that magnets attract and repel items and exert a magnetic field that can vary in strength. They see evidence of the magnetic field of a small magnet. They see that there are forces on earth which cannot be seen.

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magnetic fields, magnets

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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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