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Compass and Bar Magnet

  • Science
  • Class 6–8
  • 3D model
  • English

Compass and Bar Magnet: a 3D model for Class 6–8 Science, covering A freely turning magnet (compass needle) settles along the magnetic field., The north-seeking end of a compass points along the field, toward a nearby south pole and away from a nearby north pole., Outside a bar magnet, field lines run from the north pole to the south pole., Field lines are a way of picturing the field; they are not physical strings., Turning the magnet round reverses its field, and the compass needle reverses too..

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Also called

magnet and compass · bar magnet field · magnetic field lines · plotting compass · compass needle · north and south poles · reversing a magnet

Topics

  • A freely turning magnet (compass needle) settles along the magnetic field.
  • The north-seeking end of a compass points along the field, toward a nearby south pole and away from a nearby north pole.
  • Outside a bar magnet, field lines run from the north pole to the south pole.
  • Field lines are a way of picturing the field; they are not physical strings.
  • Turning the magnet round reverses its field, and the compass needle reverses too.
  • Far from a magnet, a compass lines up with the Earth's weak background field.

About this model

A GLB file of about 761 KB, shown in Lably's 3D viewer and, on a phone, placed in your room with AR. Credit: Lably procedural teaching model (magnet.glb), adapted and animated for Lably AR. | User project asset (Lably); no third-party licence. Geometry partly reused from Lably magnet.glb, partly newly authored.

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