 Astronomy
 Measure Magnetic Particles in Soil


 |  | Magnetic particles
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Subject |
Physics, Space and astronomy |
Level |
Lower and upper secondary |
Language |
English |
Type |
Workshop, exercise, individual or team work |
Learning objective The pupils make experiments with magnetic soil. This will make it easier for them to understand the experiments with magnetic dust on Mars. Didactical comments Discovering magnetic minerals, making a map and wondering how the minerals were made. - Were they made by bacteria or not? - How did the minerals develop on Mars? Suggestions for methodology Implement the experiments in groups! And mail the photos of it to Denmark! Contact details Last update: 5 June 2007

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