Our class went to the science lab to learn about electricity with Mr. G. The first thing Mr. G did was show us the magnetic fields around a magnet by putting a piece of paper over a magnet and putting steel shreds on the paper. The steel shreds stuck to the magnetic fields around the magnet. (Check out these following attractions!)

The second thing Mr. G did was stick a magnet into the middle of some coils of copper wire attached to a device that had a meter that moved when Mr. G stuck the magnet into the coil.

The next thing Mr. G did was he got some a.c. wire and plugged them into a big light bulb and the bulb lighted up. Then Mr. G told us that when the wires inside the bulb came apart the light went out. He also demonstrated how a parallel circuit and a series circuit worked. Mr. G reminded us to never try these demonstrations at home because it would be unsafe!

The last activity Mr. G had planned for us was a contest. Before the contest, we voted on the strongest boy and girl to participate in the contest. Eachof them got a chance to pull two magnets apart! It was impossible! Little did we know the contest was rigged all along. Mr. G thought he was so funny!