Weekly Blog 03/13: Surprise: I was at my table with my classmates when I got surprised. What surprised me was how the magnet attracted many paperclips. This was surprising because with the middle of the magnet - the paperclips would slide over to one of the poles. This tells me that I need to study our new unit more - Magnetism and Electricity. Another thing is that if I study and do more experiments with it I might learn more interesting and unusual facts. Summary:What I learned this week is that when you try to pick up a metal object with the middle of the magnet, the object would always slide over to one of the poles. Also, I learned that if you hold an electronic device close to a magnet, it will erase all the memory from it. Another thing is that a magnet can only pick up three types of metal: iron, cobalt, and nickel. Backward-Looking: Yes I learned about both magnets and electricity during the middle of the year in 4th grade . I have done a similar kind of work in the pas