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Hi, I'm Katelynn and I'm going to tell you how to make an electromagnet. Here goes:

What You Need -iron nail -60 cm length of zinc wire -1 "D" battery -electrical tape -1 box small paperclips

What You Will Do

1.Carefully wrap the iron nail tightly 20 times. Make sure to leave a few inches of wire free at each end. 2.Ask your teacher to use the electrical tape to fasten the stripped ends of the wire to each end of the battery.

3.Hold the battery by the middle, where there is a plastic coating.

4.Predict how many paper clips your electromagnet will pick up. Record the number on a peice of paper.

5.Hold the nail close to the paper clips. Record the number of paper clips you can pick up with your electromagnet.

6. Remove one end of the wire from the battery. Hold the nail close to the paper clips. Observe what happens.

Now you know how to make an electromagnet and how it reacts with paper clips, good bye.