The refrigerator which you buy for your house need not be a dull, boring gadget. Though the appliance may be plain white but the nature of the machine allows you to beautify the surface. This is due to the fact that the front surface of the refrigerator is magnetic. While designing decorations, the use of disc magnets help to stick anything you like to any surface you like. Moreover, these magnets can be easily moved from one place to another allowing you to modify and alter the decoration as and when required. Following are some useful instructions about creating distinct decorations which serve the purpose as well.
First of all, find few clothes pins. There is no need to use old styled clothes pins which are unattractive with only a piece of wood with a cut slot. These old styled pins work well for clothes on a line but they will not serve your purpose. You require pins with a spring built feature. These pins open up when you squeeze one end of the pin; when the end is released it will grasp the things placed between the pinchers at the other end and it will close.
Paint the clothes pins before applying the disc magnets. Now choose four to five pins which are firm and show no sign of breaking. You have the option of either painting all the pins with the same design or you can go for different designs that matches the theme. Some of the people prefer to choose one single color for every pin; the varying colors of each pin create an interesting and striking effect. Many people prefer to go for complex design on the pins with various colors. A vine which is covered in flowers is one of the most widely used designs but a person can go for any design he desire.
Allow the paint to dry up and glue the magnets on the back of all the pins. It is better to use hot glue for this purpose because it works well as it is easy to use and strong. Use a strong adhesive which requires only one drop, if you don’t have hot glue. Don’t use the usual white glue which is used in classrooms by children for doing their project works. It is quite untidy and does not hold things properly; hence it is not effective for your project.
After securing the disc magnets, all you have to do is to stick the clothes pins to the refrigerator. They add a brightening effect to the overall decor of the room. They can then be used to pin photographs on the refrigerator. Your child’s schoolwork can also be pinned to improve her or his confidence.
Magnets are very helpful if you work as a science teacher in a school and want to provide your students with a hands-on method to increase their knowledge of how the world works. Children are usually intrigued by magnets since they seem to work in mysterious ways. They are unlike anything that can be found in the world because of the way they attract metal through the air without any chains, strings, or any other type of connections. Experimenting with magnetism is a great way to teach children the importance of learning about the world around them. You will want to keep a large range of magnets in the classroom to increase the choices of the students. These could include rod, plate, or disc magnets.
Rod magnets are straight and tall and are typically used for presentations where the magnet is kept still and things move toward it. The rod magnet could stand upright on a table and the children could practice releasing small metal items like paperclips to watch them move clear across the table to the magnet. Because of the rod’s circular nature, metal items can move in from all sides.
Disc magnets are flat and circular, just as the name suggests, and they are most valuable when you want the children to move them around. The magnets come in various sizes and the design makes them simple to carry and manipulate. You could use them to scatter small metal items -- again, paperclips are easiest to use because they are small and inexpensive -- across the table. Then the students could move the magnets over the table to see the paperclips leap up into the air.
Plate magnets are typically used inside of the tables -- you can purchase a table with a magnet already attached to the top. These tables are very heavy and difficult to move around, but they can contribute to a fun experience for the children. Students do not have to use another magnet, but can use the surface of the table itself. One way to show the potency and allow the students to have fun in the process is to have them toss paperclips over the magnet into the table. The paperclips will fly briefly, then immediately drop down, and attach to the surface of the table in a sighting that does not appear at all natural.
In summary, magnets are very functional for classrooms. Children will have a great time using them, which makes your job as a teacher much simpler. You can conduct countless experiments with them and learn a valuable new lesson every time. Using disc magnets, rod magnets, and plate magnets will provide you with a lot of different options.
