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from Omaha, NE on 12/12/2008
Comments about Arbor Scientific Magnetic Globe:
I used this as an individual anticipatory set to magnetic inclination. There were only a couple of drawbacks: 1. Getting the staples ready was tedious. 2. Storing the globes in one place caused the magnets to come out. (Easily fixed by regluing the globes and storing in the original packaging.) The benefits of a hands on demonstration of the concept far outweighed the drawbacks. Students loved the activity and were then able to visualize and recognize the concept we were studying.
from Quicksburg, VA on 9/12/2008
Comments about Arbor Scientific Magnetic Globe:
Sometimes it is hard to see how the domains vary within a magnet and this does a good job to show you the difference items react with the poles and non-pole regions of a magnet. It is another fun item for the students to play with.
from LA on 11/15/2007
Comments about Arbor Scientific Magnetic Globe:
The magnet inside the magnetic globe was not lined up with the countries on the outside (i.e. the magnetic poles were in strange places--like South America). Also, the globe itself is very small. On the other hand, it was very, very cool to use the staples.
As a demo, I put a bunch of staples on the table and used the globe to pick them up. Then I had the students examine the globe and notice that the staples weren't all standing up in the same way. Good way to show the strength of magnetic fields and the magnetic field lines.