Ok thanks that's great... and I added one more item to the agenda, make a compass by floating the Alnico magnets on expanded polystyrene in tubs of water
I hope that the title is a bit better than my last one...
I would appreciate any input on items I have made or will be demonstrating as it should be about 30 minutes long and a balanced programme.
Background... I am in training as an Assistant Beaver Leader in my Sons Beaver cubs scout pack...
Ok, so now my greatest fear is this question, why are atoms magnetic.
I can picture an electron buzzing around an atom, I take it that the movement of an electron around the atom this is what causes them to be magnetic, yes?
Forgetting what I call niggley details like force / energy in a magnet...
When you put to magnets together that repel each other, the force or resistance of them from being pushed together, apart from the obvious like poles repel, what is it as a property in the magnet that does that?
I...
Hi, I would appreciate some help here as its been some 25 years since leaving school and I am now expected as part of my duties and training for a youth leader in a cub scout pack to provice some activities in relation to Beaver Cubs and activity badges.
Subject... Magnets.
Now I...