How to Make a Compass with a Needle

Below is a video of instructions on how to make a compass with a needle. With just a needle, you can make your own compass easily at home. Follow the instructions on how to make a compass in the vidoe below. But, be sure to be supervised by an adult when doing the compass making experiment.

How do you make a compass?

How to Make a Compass instructions for science experiments

In this video, we show you how to make a compass with a needle and a piece of foam but you can use anything else to hold the needle in place. Sometimes, people refer to this making a compass science experiment or activity as how to make a compass out of soap when they use a piece of soap to hold the magnetized needle in place.

Video of instructions on how to make a compass