Science+Bros

On the page below is a suggestion for how you may like to record your investigation. Remember to also include some photos and videos or diagrams. Please feel free to edit it as much as you would like.

You may also like to visit some of the students at Holy Cross to see what they have been investigating. **Introductions **
 * ** Student 1 - Aaron **
 * ** Student 2 - Lachlan **
 * ** Student 3 - Adelle **

** Our Mentor is Murray Henstock **

** OUR INVESTIGATION **

**1. OUR QUESTION: What we are going to investigate**

we are investagating do all magnets stick to all objects

This is a great start, however we need to phrase it as a question - eg "What will magnets stick to?

What's another way of saying stick to?

Attract

Perhaps our question can be "What objects will magnets attract?"

**2. OUR HYPOTHESIS: What we think will happ​en**

That most of the magnets will stick to metal

Hi Guys, great Hypothesis - Perhaps you could make it stronger by saying that

"Our Hypothesis is that Magnets will stick to metal objects"

Also, we're looking at both the north and south pole, perhaps we need to include something about that in our Hypothesis.


 * 3 .** ** OUR FAIR TEST: How we will design our INVESTIGATION **

Hi Guys, what is the process that you'll be using? Step 1: We get our magnets Step 2: Go outside Step 3: Record observation of how much it weighs Step 4: Test South Pole large magnet Step 5: Test South Pole small magnet Step 6: Test North Pole large magnet Step 7: Test North Pole small magnet Step 8: Record results Step 9: change the object and repeat experiment. Paper Plastic Leaf Carpet Grass Wood Table -Leg (Plastic) Chair Leg (Steel) Paperclips (Steel) Screw (Steel) Another Magnet (Iron) Pencil (Graphite) Size of Magnet Polarity of Magnet || North Pole attraction / repulsion South Pole attraction / repulsion || Same Magnet for each test run, Same object for each type of magnet. ||
 * ** Thing(s) we will CHANGE ** || ** Things we will MEASURE ** || ** Things we will keep the SAME ** ||
 * Object to be tested:

Large Magnet Small Magnet Objects - Piece of Paper - Piece of plastic - A Leaf - space on carpet - some grass - a wooden stick - Table Leg (Plastic) - Chair Leg (Steel) - Paperclips - Screw - Pencil
 * 4. MATERIALS we will need for our investigation. **


 * 5. OUR INVESTIGATION. Add a Diagram/Photo/Video of how you will set up your investigation. **


 * 6. OUR RESULTS: You could use a table to record our results. **
 * ~ Object ||~ North Pole Small ||~ North Pole Large ||~ South Pole Small ||~ South Pole Large ||
 * = Paper ||= No ||= No ||= No ||= No ||
 * = Plastic ||= No ||= No ||= No ||= No ||
 * = Leaf ||= No ||= No ||= No ||= No ||
 * = Carpet ||= No ||= No ||= No ||= No ||
 * = Grass ||= No ||= No ||= No ||= No ||
 * = Wood ||= No ||= No ||= No ||= No ||
 * = Table Leg ||= No ||= No ||= No ||= No ||
 * = Chair Leg ||= Yes ||= Yes ||= Yes ||= Yes ||
 * = Paper Clips ||= Yes ||= Yes ||= Yes ||= Yes ||
 * = Screw ||= Yes ||= Yes ||= Yes ||= Yes ||
 * = Pencil ||= No ||= No ||= No ||= No ||
 * = Another Magnet ||= Yes ||= Yes ||= Yes ||= Yes ||

7. OUR FINDINGS: What we found - Did we get the results we thought would happen? (Was your prediction /hypothesis correct?) **


 * 8. OUR EXPLANATIONS: ** ** Give an explanation of your findings - (why did it happen this way?) Include some photos or diagrams **


 * 9. ANY PROBLEMS? A problem we had with our investigations was....? **


 * 10. We could improve our investigation by..... **