Introduction to Magnets
From UO Physics Demonstration Catalog
Return to Magnetic Fields and Forces
Description:
Here are three videos in which Stan provides an introduction to magnets.
In the first video Stan fiddles with magnets showing attraction/repulsion of opposite/similar poles.
The second video Stan demonstrates that breaking a magnet in half produces two magnets.
The third video a magnet hanging from a string is allowed to align with the Earth's magnetic field.