Chapter 13: Fun with Magnets

The thirteenth chapter of Class 6 Science, Fun with Magnets, introduces students to magnets, their properties, and their applications in daily life. Magnets have fascinated humans for centuries, and this chapter helps students understand their scientific importance through simple experiments and observations.

The chapter begins with the discovery of magnets, explaining how natural magnets were first found in rocks called lodestone. Students learn that magnets can attract objects made of iron, nickel, or cobalt, but not materials like wood, plastic, or rubber. A major part of the chapter focuses on the properties of magnets. Every magnet has two poles—north and south. Like poles repel each other, while unlike poles attract. Magnets also show the property of direction; when suspended freely, they always align north–south, which makes them useful in compasses. The chapter also explains how magnets lose their strength if hammered or heated. Students also explore uses of magnets in everyday life, such as in refrigerator doors, pin holders, electric bells, compasses, and various machines. Simple activities in the textbook make learning interactive, like testing which materials are attracted to magnets or observing repulsion between similar poles. With NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Science, students can easily revise textbook exercises on magnetic properties and uses. The NCERT Exemplar for Class 6 Science Solutions provides challenging problems, such as predicting what happens if a bar magnet is broken or why compasses are important for navigation.

Important points of the chapter include:

Discovery of magnets and lodestone.
Magnetic materials and non-magnetic materials.
Properties of magnets: attraction, repulsion, poles, and direction.
Everyday uses of magnets.

By practicing with NCERT and Exemplar solutions, students develop clear conceptual knowledge of magnets, which helps in understanding electromagnetism and physics in higher classes.