Let's Learn Magnets

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Understanding magnets are also key to learning about electromagnetism.
They work in a particular way that also links in with electricity.

A magnet has a positive and negative charge to it and creates it own 'magnetic field'. These are called poles and every magnet has them. There magnetic strength is the most powerful at the poles.

Magnestism, as in electromagnetism, is the force where objects are attracted or repelled to one another. Usually these objects are metals such as iron.

Interesting fact: When a magnet is broken into little pieces, a north pole will appear at one of the broken faces and a south pole. Each piece, regardless of how big or small, has its own north and south poles.