How can a magnet run a compass?
If you have two small bar shaped magnets to help you, you can figure out part of this puzzle for yourself. But the part you figure out leads you to an even bigger puzzle. This second puzzle goes back to the people who invented the compass many ages ago. They made a slight mistake. An experiment is a sort of test. It can prove whether an did idea is true or not. It can prove a brand new idea to be true or false. And an experiment often can help you to solve a tricky problem for youself. No young science student is too young to do experiments to help him brighten up his brain power. You need to try one of these test games to understand the tricks of the magnet in a compass. Find two small bar shaped magnets.and a quiet table where you can use them to do some thinking. Chances are, each magnet has a letter N on one end and a letter S on the opposite end. The letters stand for North and South. Place your magnets on the table top and slither them around a bit. You may notice that they push
