Black Hole Experiment Activity

Black hole model using a magnet and paper clips: students move the clips one at a time toward the magnet, watch them get pulled in, and write notes on why.
Grades
Grades 2–12
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1
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Science
Topic
Black Hole Experiment Activity, Black Hole Experiment
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Activity Introduction

An amazing activity designed for the students to learn more about space facts.

Black Hole Experiment

Do you like reading about space? If yes, what is your favourite topic?

What do you know about our solar system? What is the smallest planet in our solar system? What is the biggest planet in our solar system? What is the hottest planet in our solar system? And what is the coldest one?

Do you think there are aliens? If yes, what do you think they look like? What do they eat and how they speak to each other? Where do they live?

What is a galaxy? And what is a milky way?

Have you recently saw a shooting star? If yes, tell us more about it, like when did it happen and where?

What is a blackhole? Can a blackhole gets bigger by time?

Do you like counting the stars? What do you think a star is made of?

The activity is perfect for encouraging the researching skills for the students, while learning more about the fantastic space.

Black Hole Experiment

This friendly designed worksheet is suitable for students at school, homeschooling, and as a group activity.

Instructions

Let’s experiment how black holes attract objects! Place the magnet as instructed on the black hole, then slowly move one paper clip at a time closer and closer to the magnet. After you’re done with all the pins, write your notes below.

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Available in a PDF format.

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Learning objectives

  • Observe and record how a magnet attracts objects as they move closer

  • Explain, using the magnet model, how a black hole pulls in nearby objects

Skills covered

  • Scientific observation — noting when each paper clip is pulled to the magnet

  • Explaining a model — writing why the objects were drawn in

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A magnet and several paper clips are the only supplies listed on the page.

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