Educational fun for the kids: How to build your own compass



MILWAUKEE -- Dr. Coco with Mad Science joins FOX6 WakeUp to show us how to build our own compass. Have you ever wondered how it knows which direction is north all the time? Well, inside is a little magnet that orientates itself to the magnetic field of our planet.

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