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Design: magnetic latch or catch — Homework

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Design: magnetic latch or catch — Homework

Answer using the magnetic latch you designed and built this week.

  1. 1.What problem was your magnetic latch designed to solve?
  2. 2.What did you change after testing your first version, if anything?
  3. 3.True or false: a magnetic latch could work if one side were made of aluminum instead of steel.
  4. 4.Explain the trade-off between using a very strong magnet and a weaker one for a latch.
  5. 5.Why must one side of a magnetic latch be a magnet or something magnetic, like steel?
🌲 Homeschool of the FutureThird Grade · Science · week 8 homework