The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic interactions. It is designed to find out whether students recognize that a magnet and magnetic materials attract each other. The probe is best used with middle school students who can define and understand interactions. Use the probe if you have noticed that students always refer to the magnet as the object doing the attracting. While previous probes avoided the word attraction, some students may have described the magnet as “attracting” an object. A materials list, teacher notes, standards, assessment, safety notes, and references are provided. This book selection also includes the Table of Contents, Preface, Acknowledgments, About the Authors, Introduction, and Index.