Saturday, October 13, 2012

FOR KIDS: Making rocks into magnets

FOR KIDS: Making rocks into magnets

Lab experiments show how certain types of stones can morph into magnets

Web edition : Friday, October 12, 2012

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Lodestone is the most common type of natural magnet.

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Heat up a rock. Most likely, all you will get is a hot rock. But heat up the right type of stone to just the right temperature and you could end up with a magnet, scientists now report.

Visit the new?Science News for Kids?website?and read the full story:?Making rocks into magnets

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/345746/title/FOR_KIDS_Making_rocks_into_magnets

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