As part of our next forces and magnets lesson, we have been learning about magnetic poles. In this lesson we investigated the different poles on a magnet (North and South) and how they behave when they are brought together (attract and repel). We then used some of our marked magnets to see if we could find the North and South poles on unmarked magnets. To end the lesson, we discovered that compasses work by using the Earth’s magnetic field. Their magnetised centre needles are attracted to the North Pole, causing it to always point North. After learning this, we decided to have a go at creating our own compasses!
