7.

1 The properties of
magnets

LO: Know which materials are magnetic.

 7.1 The properties of
magnets
LO: Understand how to magnetise and
demagnetise a material.
Magnetise a steel needle
Paper Clip Chain Challenge

Number of Paper Clips Time (s)

Homework:
● Quizlet 7.1&7.2
● Workbook 7.1
 7.2 Magnetic fields

LO: Describe how you can find the shape

of a magnetic field.
❌
magnetic field lines 磁场线

REPEL
A compass points
north because its
needle is a small
magnet. It rotates
and lines up with
the Earth’s
magnetic field.
The Earth’s magnetic field
The Earth behaves as if there is a
huge bar magnet inside it. The
magnetic field pattern is like that of
a bar magnet.
Magnetic North Pole磁北极 and
Geographic North Pole地理北极

The magnetic North Pole is in Canada, about 1200 km away from

the geographic North Pole.
Homework:
● Workbook 7.2
● Textbook 7.6 （1-6）
7.3 Electromagnets

LO: Describe how to make an

electromagnet.
The field around a wire

Hans Christian Ørsted

（丹麦）奥斯特
1777年8月14日－
1851年3月9日
Whenever current
travels through a
wire,
a magnetic field is
produced.
当电流穿过电线，
会形成磁场。
 电流方向

磁场方向

The magnetic field lines around the wire are circles. The magnetic
field gets weaker as you get further away from the wire.
 Making an
electromagnet
1. You can make
a circular loop of
wire and pass a
current through it.
The magnetic
field lines at the
centre are
straight.
2.You can a coil a wire into lots of loops and make a
coiled cylinder. The field is much stronger than for a
single loop on its own. A coil of wire is called a
solenoid电磁线圈.
加上磁芯 Add a core!
The core becomes
magnetised by the magnetic
field of the coil. This makes
the electromagnet much
stronger. Most cores are
made of iron.
电磁铁的强度取决于：
The strength of an electromagnet depends on:

● the number of turns, or loops, on the coil – more

turns will make a stronger electromagnet
● the current flowing in the wire – more current
will make a stronger electromagnet
● the type of core – using a magnetic material in
the core will make a stronger electromagnet.
Homework:
● Quizlet 7.3&7.4
● Workbook 7.3
 7.4 Identifying and
controlling variables

LO: Describe how to change the strength

of an electromagnet.
自变量
Only one

因变量

控制变量
Many
How will the number of
turns affect the strength of
of an electromagnet?
Independent variable?

Dependent variable?

Controlled variables?
Question: How will the current affect the strength of
an electromagnet?

Hypothesis:

Independent variable:
Dependent variable:
Controlled variables:
Homework:
● Workbook 7.4
● Unit Review 7.6
● Review for test