I'm So Attracted to You: Freddy Talks about Magnets

What are magnets?

Definition: magnet (mag•net)
An object that is surrounded by a magnetic field and that has the property, either natural or induced, of attracting steel or iron.

Magnets
Originally only lodestones, or natural magnets, were known. In 1830, Michael Faraday, an English scientist and Joseph Henry, and American physicist found that a magnetic field could be produced through wire.

How do they work?

A magnetic field is produced when a large cluster of iron atoms line up with each other. A magnet can be made from various materials that can contain these clusters of aligned atoms.

Read more about it

• What Makes a Magnet by Franklyn M. Branley
• Science with Magnets by H. Edom
• Driving Force: The Natural Magic of Magnets by James D. Livingston
• Magnets by Anne Schreiber
• Fantastic Facts: Magnets by Steve Parker
• Magnets: Pulling Together, Pushing Apart by Natalie M. Rosinsky

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