Question: Kurt was investigating which objects stick to magnets. He made an entry in his science notebook and drew a picture to help explain what he did. Look what I did! I picked up a paperclip with a magnet. Then that paperclip picked up another one, and then another one. And they weren't hooked together either. All they had to do was touch each other. Explain to Kurt why he was able to pick up all those paperclips, even though the magnet was only touching the first one.
Reference answer: When a paperclip sticks to a magnet, the paperclip turns into a temporary magnet, so the paperclip can stick to other paperclips and other things made of iron.

Student answer: The magnet magnetized the first one, then it a temporary magnet and then the next one.

Student answer: He magnetized it for a minute.

Student answer: Because it lets magnetism through the paperclips.

Student answer: He was able to do that because the magnetism traveled through the paperclips.

Student answer: The magnetism went through the first paperclip to the rest.

Student answer: When you pick up a object that object acts like it is a magnet.

Student answer: Because if the magnet touches the one paperclip became a temporary magnet and when another paperclip hooked that other paperclip worked like a magnet.

Student answer: The magnet's force go through the first paperclip to the last paperclip.

Student answer: When the first paperclip touched the magnet it became a temporary magnet that is what happened to each of the paperclips as it touched the one before it.

Student answer: The magnet was turning the paperclips into temporary magnets.

Student answer: It was possible because the magnetic force from the magnet ran through the first paperclip almost making that paperclip like a magnet so it was able to pick up more.

Student answer: Kurt you were able to pick up that magnet because the energy of the first one was able to pick up more because of the energy.

Student answer: The magnetism is going through the paperclips.

Student answer: He rubs the paperclip on the magnet and it flow power through one, 2, 3 paperclips.

Student answer: Kurt was able to pick up all those paperclips because they are iron and magnetism can flow through iron.

Student answer: It was able to pick up all the rest because the magnetism flow through the paperclips.

Student answer: He is able to by letting the force go through the paperclips and making them all attract not repel because hand makes a repel and that is a magnetism of science.

Student answer: He was able to because the magnetism was going through the paperclip.

Student answer: Well it can do that because the florescent is flowing through all of the paperclips, that is why.

Student answer: The magnetism goes through the paperclip.

Student answer: The magnetism force flows through the paperclips.

Student answer: The magnet sends magnet through one paperclip to another.

Student answer: The magnetic force went through the paperclips.

Student answer: The magnetic force flows through all the paperclips.

Student answer: He was able to do that because the magnetic force flows through the paperclips and creates a temporary magnet.

Student answer: The magnet made the paperclips stick on because the magnetism flowing through.

Student answer: The magnet has enough power.

Student answer: It picked it up because the paperclips was a magnet.

Student answer: The magnet hook all of those paperclips together because the magnetic electricity travels through the paperclips.

Student answer: The force went through the paperclips so that made it able to pick up all those paperclips.

Student answer: He did that because the magnet has a lot of power so it picked up on paperclip then that paperclip is a temporary magnet and passes the power.

Student answer: The magnet has enough power to pick up more things. What happens is the magnetic field goes around and the clips sticks to clip and then that clips up another and so forth.

Student answer: They could pick up paperclips because the magnetism went through the paperclips.

Student answer: It is flowing though the magnet so it works.

Student answer: The first paperclips gets strong and give it to these conduct and they are one.

Student answer: The paperclip is attaching like a temporary magnet.