Attract or Repel

Magnets come in different shapes and sizes. These are some of the different shapes of magnets. 

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http://www.sau83.org/staff/grade1/magnets

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When we put two magnets close to each other, they can either attract or repel each other. Different poles of magnets attract. Same poles of magnets repel.

http://victoriahennen.edublogs.org/science-and-technology-2/magnets/

South pole repels South pole.
North pole repels North pole.
South pole attracts North pole. 




 If you break a bar magnet into two, you do not separate the North and South poles. You will get two news magnets.