Mission 6 of 16

Electricity & Magnetism Tricks

📋 What it is

Static shocks, magnet levitation, and electromagnets show electricity and magnetism are linked.

🗣️ Coach says

Rub a balloon on your hair and it sticks to a wall — that’s static electricity. Wrap a wire around a nail, add a battery, and it grabs paperclips — an electromagnet. These “tricks” reveal the deep truth: electricity and magnetism are two sides of one force.

🧠 Memory hook

Static, electromagnets, levitation — all show electricity and magnetism are linked.

😂 Giggle

What did the magnet say during the levitation trick?
"I find you very attractive!"

😲 Whoa!

A maglev train floats above its track on magnetic force alone, letting it glide at over 600 km/h with almost no friction.

✅ Quick check: How can wire + a battery + a nail pick up paperclips?

Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.

🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)

Rub a balloon on your hair, then hold it near small paper bits. Static electricity makes them jump to it.

⭐ Do the round to earn your star →

🤸 Brain break: Attract-it: slowly pull your two hands together like magnets — “opposite poles attract.”