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Making Your Own Compass
Materials
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Needle
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Good options
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Sewing needle
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Paper clip
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Hair pin
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Safety pin
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Bowl
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Water
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Coin sized piece of cork
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A Magnetizer
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Magnet
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Fur
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Hair
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Screw
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Creating Your Compass
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Rub your needle on your magnet in a clockwise motion
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Put needle through your cork and place in water
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Your needle should float
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If your compass is working you will slowly see your needle twisting clockwise
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Line up a real compass with it to see where is north and where is south then mark it on you cork.
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