Materials:
1. Plastic-coated wire
2. A screwdriver (Non magnetized tip)
3. Sticky tape
4. Battery (AA size)
5. A pile of paper clips
6. Scissors
Instruction:
1. First check your screwdriver is not magnetized by touching the tip to a pile of paperclips. You wouldn't want to use a magnetized tip and ruin the experiment.
2. Coil plastic-coated wire around the metal part of the screwdriver, leave enough length of wire free at each end. Use a sticky tape near each end of the coil to stop the wire from coming off.
3. Using a scissors, carefully remove the plastic to both ends of the wire. You can ask a grownup for help. You need to expose the metal wire, long enough for you to easily tape it to the battery.
4. Tape one end of the wire to the positive (+) pole of the battery. Again, tape the other end of the wire to the negative (-) pole of the battery. Be careful, the wire will get warm, sometimes hot to touch.
5. Now move the screwdriver tip close to a pile of paper clips and see what happens?
Explanation:
As the electricity flows from the battery through the wires, it creates a magnetic field. This magnetized the metal of the screwdriver and attract the paperclips.
