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Magnetic Field Explorer

  • Physics
  • Class 3–8
  • 3D model
  • AR card
  • English

Follow field arrows around a bar magnet and compass.

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Magnetic Field Explorer

Also called

magnet

What to look for

  • A bar magnet has a north pole and a south pole.
  • Outside the magnet, field direction runs from north to south.
  • A compass needle aligns with the local magnetic field.

Try this

Explain why the compass’s red end points along the nearby arrows.

Topics

  • magnet

About this model

A GLB file of about 284 KB, 9,244 triangles, shown in Lably's 3D viewer and, on a phone, placed in your room with AR. Credit: Lably-authored schematic teaching model. See /ar-library/credits.html.

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