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Electricity and Magnets: Compasses
Which way is North?
What Happens to a Compass at the North Pole?
Why Does my Body Affect a Compass?
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How do you Make a Compass?
A Floating Compass
The Compass Points North
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A Compass at the Magnetic Pole
Compass Semantics
All Compasses Point to Canada
Compass Needle Drift
Geographic and Magnetic North Pole
Small Magnetic Field and Compasses