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The Magnets in my House

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this magnets worksheet, learners decide if different household items contain magnets. Students look at 9 items to determine if they have magnets or not.
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Organizer
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Testing Objects for Magnetism

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this testing objects for magnetism worksheet, students test objects for magnetism by recording data about the objects and how it reacts to the magnet.
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Organizer
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Magnetic Attraction

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this magnets worksheet, learners fill out a chart to record what is attracted and not attracted to a magnet. Students will experiment with different items to test the magnetic attraction and record the results.
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Magnets are Attractive!!!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners experiment with magnets. In this magnet lesson, students listen to the story What Makes a Magnet? by Franklin M. Branley. They explore different magnets to see what they attract and repulse and view their effect on compasses. 
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Haring In Motion Magnets

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research visual arts by creating an art project for their homes. In this art analysis lesson, students identify the work of Keith Haring by researching the Internet and examining images. Students utilize tempera paints, poster...
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Magnets

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this magnets learning exercise, students use magnets and a compass to investigate the magnets. Students write down 5 discoveries that they make about their magnets.
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Do the Research! Magnetism and Electricity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this magnetism instructional activity, students research the topic of magnets and electricity before answering 4 short essay questions.
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Magnetic Attraction And Cars

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this magnetic attraction worksheet, students draw arrows to shoe if cars with positive and negative signs repel or attract each other, then write definitions for "attract" and "repel."
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Magnetism and Electricity Word Search Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this science words worksheet, learners analyze 12 words in a word box that pertain to magnets and electricity. Students find the words in a word search puzzle.
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Levitation Engineers: Exploring Forces

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Levitation tricks have been documented from the early 1900s, so how do they do it? Scholars learn about the force of magnetism in an attractive resource. They watch videos and design experiments to understand the strength and...
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Magnets

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete a series of experiments using magnets. In this physical science and magnetism lesson, students first predict and test the magnetic properties of various objects, then students determine if the size of a magnet impacts...
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Magnetic Mystery

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the poles of a magnet.  In this magnet lesson, 4th graders explore what a magnet attracts and what it repels. Students view the N and S on magnets. students recognize that like poles repel and opposite poles...
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Permeability (Magnetism)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate magnetic permeability and saturation. For this physics lesson, students explain how current carrying wire coils create magnetic forces. They interpret normal magnetization curves.
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Magnetic Hangman

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders predict what happens when the north end of their bar magnets are placed near the north end of their hanging magnets.
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The Historical Development of Magnetism

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students discuss the history and importance of magnets to the world. For this magnetism lesson, students write an essay of a world without magnets.  Students may research addition information to add details about uses of magnets.
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Magnetism

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the properties of magnets. In this magnetism lesson, students construct a magnetic crane and observe the attraction of metal objects.
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Magnetic Storms

For Students 7th - 11th
In this magnetic storms learning exercise, students use a graph of data collected over time showing the magnitude of a magnetic storm. Students use the data to solve 6 problems about the graph and they determine the strength of the storm...
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THEMIS: A Magnetic Case of 'What Came First?'

For Students 9th - 11th
In this magnetic reconnection worksheet, students solve seven problems using the data and graphs from the THEMIS satellite constellations, which show a series of events triggered by a magnetic reconnection. Students interpret the data in...
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Magnets in a Bag

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare and contrast the patterns that they create using iron fillings and different types of magnets.
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Magnetic Forces and Particle Motion

For Students 9th - 11th
In this magnetic forces and particle motion worksheet, students use the equation for the radius of a spiral to answer 3 questions about charged particle motion.
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Earth's Magnetic Pole

For Students 8th - 11th
In this Earth's magnetic pole worksheet, students use a diagram showing the changes in the magnetic pole of the Earth over time. Students use the given scale of the changes to answer 6 questions about the average speed of the magnetic...
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Magnetic Storms

For Students 9th - 11th
In this magnetic storms worksheet, students use a given formula for the volume of a ring-shaped disk to solve 2 questions about the total atoms present in the disk and the total mass of the Ring Current.
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Electricity And Magnetism

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore the relationship between magnetism and electricity byby explaining how the model motor operates. They observe the the spinning of a coil of copper wire that is part of a circuit.
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Force on a Current Carrying Wire

For Teachers 10th - 12th
What do electrical currents have to do with an MRI? Using a simple wire setup and a magnet, class members explore forces used in an MRI by investigating the magnetic force acting on a wire carrying a current.