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Magnet Poetry
Students engage in a lesson that involves the use of imagery in poetry. They select words from poems that are used for imagery. The words are put onto magnets and then used to create new poems filled with imagery. The hands on connection...
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Electromagnets
Learners improve their science skills by designing an experiment for the relationship between electricity and magnetism. In this science skills activity, students discuss the scientific method and use the given materials to complete an...
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Two Sides of One Force
Students learn how simple electric motors and electromagnets work. In this electromagnets instructional activity, students learn about electromagnetics and how magnets and electricity are related. They also learn about hybrid gasoline...
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Discovery Science Center Activities
Fourth graders complete a variety of experiments to meet science goals. In this life sciences lesson, 4th graders make yogurt, discover the attraction of opposite charges in electricity, learn the effects of glaciers, and explore...
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Magnetic Frog Patterns
Students explore the concept of patterns. In this pattern lesson, students sort frog magnets according their attributes and then use the magnets to create patterns.
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Electricity and Magnetism
For this electricity and magnetism worksheet, learners will answer 17 questions about how electrons flow, how electric motors work, and the function of a transformer.
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What is a Magnet?
In this magnet instructional activity, learners review what makes up matter, how electromagnets are made, and how compasses work. This instructional activity has 6 fill in the blank and 2 short answer questions.
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M is for Magnet
In this printing worksheet, students master the upper and lower case letter "m." Students trace one line of each letter and complete one line of independent practice as well as the word "magnet" on the dotted lines provided.
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MAGNETISM
Students infer that there are forces we cannot see that act upon objects, experiment with magnets to show a push and/or pull force, and participate in a magnet game.
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Diamagnetism
If you are attracted to activities dealing with diamagnetism, here is a rare find that you will appreciate. With a neodymium magnet and a few common materials, move a pair of juicy grapes without touching them. Though the fruit is...
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Create a Compass
Historically, humans have used many methods of finding due north. Using a hands-on activity, learners create their own compasses. They then test their compasses in their neighborhood or to assist with stargazing.
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What is An Electromagnet?
Students explore and define electromagnets. In this electromagnet lesson, students access an assigned web site to research what an electromagnet is and how it works. They complete a database with information from the web site and...
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Monster Functions in Space Science I
In this solar magnetic field worksheet, students are given 2 equations and use them to find the magnetic field strength and the Bp and Bz for given conditions. they express their answer using scientific notation.
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Mutual Inductance
In this mutual inductance worksheet, students answer 12 questions about electric currents, voltage, magnetic coupling, and magnetic flux as they relate to inductance.
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Using "Student Power" to Generate Electricity to Run a Portable Compact Disc Player
Students explain the relationship between magnetism and electricity. In this physics lesson, students describe the transformation of energy. They create an electromagnet and investigate the factors affecting its strength.
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Magnets
In this magnets worksheet, 4th graders will complete two statements about what happens when magnets of like poles are put together compared with magnets of unlike poles.
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Electricity and Magnets
For this physics review worksheet, students compare average and instantaneous speed, review Newton's laws, electricity, and magnets. This worksheet has 12 fill in the blank, 8 short answer questions, and 6 problems to solve.
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Language Arts: Prince Harry - A Bullet Magnet?
Young scholars research Prince Harry's upcoming deployment to Iraq as a British soldier. They write reaction papers expressing their opinions about it. Students choose from two points of view - should he be deployed, or will his...
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X-Ray
A striking PowerPoint that presents the Yohkoh Telescope, some information about its construction, and the amazing x-ray images of the sun that have been captured. Specific information about the electromagnetic phenomena is given. This...
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Stormy Sunspots
In this sunspots worksheet, students determine how magnetic storms on Earth are related to sunspot activity. They plot data for sunspot activity between 1967 and 1997. They compare their plotted data with the data for magnetic storms on...
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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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What's the Attraction?
Students experiment with magnets to determine the distances at which they attract and repel each other.