Question: Look at the picture on the right. Label the poles on each magnet. (The bottom 2 magnets are stuck together, the others are not.) What is the rule that explains why you labeled the poles the way you did?
Reference answer: Like poles repel and opposite poles attract.

Student answer: Because they are repelling each other always.

Student answer: The magnets are not touching because they cannot attract to each other if they are north to north or south to south.

Student answer: The magnets will maybe not stick because the force of the magnets will maybe the pencil is long and the magnets cannot feel the other magnets.

Student answer: They are repelling.

Student answer: The magnets are on the side when they repel each other.

Student answer: They are on the same side.

Student answer: The rings do not touch each other because the magnets are facing positive to negative.

Student answer: They do not touch each other because one side of the magnet has a force and the other side stick to each other because they do not have a force.

Student answer: The magnets do not touch each other because either the north and north sides are facing each other or on the south and south sides are facing each other.

Student answer: The rings do not touch each other because the rings are magnets so they repel because 2 south and north facing each other.

Student answer: Because the rings are magnets and they are facing each other on the same side.

Student answer: The magnets do not touch because the same poles are together so they all repel.

Student answer: They do not touch each other because the force of magnetism is repelling them away from each other.

Student answer: The magnets do not touch because if you flip the magnet to the other side it will not stick because it makes them different.

Student answer: The rings are not touch each other because they are not facing the right way.

Student answer: The rings are made out of metal because they are repelling.

Student answer: The magnets are not touching because the magnetic force is making the magnets repel.

Student answer: They are not touching each other because they are repelling.

Student answer: Because they are not attracting.

Student answer: The magnets are not touching because they are flipped around a certain way that they do not stick instead they repel.

Student answer: They are not touching each other because either the North and North part of the magnets are touching or the south and south are touching.

Student answer: They are not touching because there are a north and south on a magnet and the north is facing the other north.

Student answer: The north pole and another north pole are touching on the magnet or the south pole and south pole which makes them repel.

Student answer: Because the magnets have a north and south pole and if the north touches the north or visa-versa north the will not touch.

Student answer: The rings do not touch each other because if the magnets are not the right way they will repel.

Student answer: The rings do not touch because the magnets were facing the same way which makes them float.

Student answer: They do not touch each other because if you put magnet the magnets like this will not attract North to North. If you put magnets like this it will attract North to South. If you put it like this it will not attract South to South.

Student answer: The rings do not attach each other because they are flipped upside down.

Student answer: The rings do not touch because the top is south pole is the one below it is the south pole. When the poles are north and south they attract.

Student answer: The rings do not touch because the rings are just magnets and the magnets are on the repel side.

Student answer: They are not touching each other because they repel.

Student answer: Each magnet is pushing away from the magnet so they are attracting.