Magnetic Wand
Magnetic Wand
Student's name
First and last name, and class if you know it. This goes on the pack label.
Pickup available at Mega DC – Tweed Heads South
Usually ready in 24 hours
$5, and the magnet is sealed inside the handle
A single easy-grip magnetic wand with the magnet sealed inside. Ages 8 and over.
The wand is the safest way to put a strong magnet in a child's hand, because they never actually hold the magnet - it is inside the plastic. That is why a class set of wands works where a class set of loose magnets would not.
At $5 each this is how you get one per student rather than one per group. Thirty of them is a class doing magnetism at the same time instead of taking turns at a station, and that changes what the lesson can be.
Buy chips or filings with it. A wand on its own has nothing to pick up - the 100-pack of steel-ringed chips is the usual partner, and the supplier notes iron filing discs work too (sold separately).
Safety: the supplier states this is not a toy, that adult supervision is required when experimenting with magnets, and that it is suitable for ages 8 and over.