Magnetize Me Kit

Perform investigations involving magnetism and electricity to learn how magnetic force, voltage, current, and resistance are connected. Make an electric motor, test different electromagnets, learn about electromagnetic forces, and design your own experiment.

This Launch level kit includes a full-color student workbook and a detailed teacher guide, with step-by-step instructions for both hands-on and reading-based activities designed to engage students in electricity and magnetism. Both teacher and student will be able to open the box and start within minutes, and the kit will provide over 15 hours of engaging learning.

In this kit, the student will engage in these hands-on learning experiences:

• Combine magnets and a battery to power a device that moves on its own.
• Investigate the magnetic forces created by electrical energy.
• Learn about the mathematical relationship between voltage, current, and resistance.
• Discover how electromagnetic forces can be predicted.
• Build and test motor designs using the materials in the kit.

Use the Kit title kit to answer questions such as:

• How does an electric motor work?
• How are electricity and magnetism related?
• What is a magnetic force?

Your student is ready for this kit when:

• Interested in the design of electric motors.
• Understands concepts related to voltage, current, and resistance.

The following are Science Unlocked kits we suggest your student has completed prior to doing this kit:

• Power of Magnets
• No Wires Necessary

Magnetize Me kit is a part of the Science Unlocked Launch series and is recommended middle and high school students in grades 8-12.

Interested in learning more? Check out our Student Workbook Sample and Teacher Guide Sample!  

Items included in the kit:

• 2 Aluminum Foil Sheets
• 1 Aluminum Wire
• 4 AAA Batteries
• 1 Marker
• 1 Compass
• 6 Drawing Papers
• 1 Electrical Tape
• 1 Glue Stick
• 2 Jumper Wires
• 3 Nails
• 2 Neodymium Magnets
• 1 Box of Paper Clips
• 2 Rubber Bands
• 1 Ruler

Other items needed:

• Pencil
• Scissors

• Learning outcome: Perform investigations involving magnetism and electricity to learn how magnetic force, voltage, current, and resistance are connected.
• NGSS science standards alignment
• HS-PS2-5 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that an electric current can produce a magnetic field and that a changing magnetic field can produce an electric current.