1. Separate one (BE CAREFULL!!!! The magnets are strong and they can easily slip back and painfully pinch you) magnet and using compass provided in the kit determine the North and south pole of the magnet. Take a picture to show how you determined the polarity. Note: Compass is a magnet, too, don't store magnets and compass together, it could demagnetize your compass needle.

2. Place the magnet in the middle of the paper with the north pole on the left and the south pole on the right. Trace the outline of the magnet that way you can put it back in the exact same spot if it gets bumped. Place the compass at one pole of the magnet and make a dot next to it showing the direction the compass arrow points. Move the compass so that the base of the arrow is at the dot you've just made. Now make a new mark where the tip of the arrow is pointing this time. Keep doing this until you reach the other end of the magnet. Connect the dots. You've just drawn one magnetic field line! Take a snapshot and explain your drawing. Go back and begin again, starting at a different spot than you did the first time. Repeat the above steps. Repeat the process until you have drawn as many lines as you can for both ends of the magnet. You will now have an accurate representation of magnetic field lines.

3. Multiple magnets will give you different field lines. Try repeating these steps with three magnets placed in different places.

4. You can also "draw" field lines with iron filings. For that, put the magnet back in place under the paper, then sprinkle the filings on top. Tap the paper gently; you should see the filings fall into place along the very same lines you drew.

Think of the way to illustrate that (a) Magnetic force decreases as the distance from the magnet increases. (b) Magnetic force can travel through non-magnetic materials such as air and water.