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Using Compare and Contrast to Write in Science
Fifth graders investigate and compare the behavior of magnetism using magnets. In this physics lesson, 5th graders write about the similarities and differences of a variety of magnet types.
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Magnetism and the Magnetic Force
Fourth graders investigate magnetism and the magnetic force.
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Magnets 2: How Strong is Your Magnet?
Students experimentally measure the strength of a magnet and graph how the strength changes as the distance from the magnet increases, and as the barrier (masking tape) is built between the magnet and an iron object.
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Exploring Magnetic Fields
Students develop the concept that magnets attract and repel items and exert a magnetic field that can vary in strength.
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The Magnetic Field in a Current Carrying Coil
Students explore the relationship between a current in a coil and the magnetic field. In this physics instructional activity students complete a lab activity using a magnet and batteries.
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Attract or Repel?
Students explain why some objects attract and some do not. For this physics lesson, students investigate the magnetic properties of objects using CEENBoT. They give some important applications of magnets.
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Electromagnitism Applications
Students experiment on magnets and electricity. In this physics lesson, students determine what factors affect the strength of a magnetic field. They design an experiment to determine how electromagnetic field strength varies with distance.
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What is an Electromagnet?
Students give examples of electromagnet applications. In this physics lesson plan, students explore what makes electromagnets work. They experiment picking paper clips with it.
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Invisible Investigations
Students simulate how charged particles move in a particle detector. In this physics lesson, students observe how iron filings behave when magnetic marbles are passed underneath them. They record and draw their observations.
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Exploring Magnetism
Eighth graders study magnetism. In this solar wind lesson students complete several activities on space and weather.
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About Magnets
Second graders conduct simple experiments , observe and explain what they discovered. In this simple experiments lesson students design a magnet and make a compass.
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Fish and Clip
First graders examine the magnets. In this physics lesson students complete a lab and worksheet on the numbers of fish.
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Electric and Magnetic Fields
Students study the concept of magnetic and electric field. In this magnetic instructional activity students participate in a lab using magnets.
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Exploring Magnetism
Students explore several activities that allow them to gain a better understanding of magnetism. In this investigative lesson plan students are given an activity by a teacher that has to do with magnetism.
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Electricity and Magnetism
Young scholars use the Launchball computer site to complete a game for magnetic pennies. In this magnetism lesson, students visit the given link to discover the properties of magnetism using magnets and pennies.
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Magnetism and Electricity-Creative Writing
In this magnetism and electricity worksheet, students use words in a word box and work with a group to write a short story about magnetism and electricity.
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Magnets Assessment
In this magnet testing worksheet, students study the pictures and circle the objects that are attracted to magnets. Students write 4 objects in their classroom that are attracted to magnets and 4 that are not.
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Magnet Experiment
In this magnet experiment worksheet, learners complete a magnet experiment by following the 7 steps. Students fill in the table for the 10 objects they test.
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Magnet Experiment 2
In this magnet experiment worksheet, students complete a magnetic experiment to learn about the properties of a magnet. Students learn about the physics of magnets.
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Magnet Experiment
In this magnet experiment worksheet, students complete a magnetic experiment and answer the 5 questions about the experiment. Students learn about the physics of magnets.
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Moving Magnetic Filaments Near Sunspots
In this sunspots worksheet, students observe two images taken by a solar observatory over a certain amount of time. Students determine the changes in the pictures and then calculate how fast and in what direction the particles are...
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A Magnetic Personality
Students learn about magnets and how they are formed and used. In this magnet lesson, students investigate the properties of magnets and how engineers use magnets in technology. They specifically learn about memory storage.
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Magnets
In this magnets worksheet, students describe the differences between a generator and a motor, define electromagnet, and identify a circuit as parallel or series. This worksheet has 2 short answer questions, 5 fill in the blank and 18...
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Magnetic Attraction
Second graders create a hypothesis on what objects will attract to magnets. In this magnets lesson plan, 2nd graders use a computer program to create a hypothesis as to what will attract or unattract magnets. For an extension, they test...