MAGNETS ATTRACT THAT’S A FACT

Magnetic Attraction What objects are attracted to magnets? What is not attracted to a magnet? What are the differences between these materials? What do these things have in common?

State Standards: Life Science: Motion and Forces Students shall demonstrate and apply knowledge of motion and forces using appropriate safety procedures, equipment, and technology. Communicate observations orally, in writing, and in graphic organizers: • T-charts • pictographs • Venn diagrams • bar graphs Develop questions that guide scientific inquiry Make predictions in teams and as individuals based upon empirical evidence Classify objects based on two or more properties  references: https://mail.nwacc.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://arkansased.org/teachers/pdf/science_k- 8_011006.pdf

Initial Ideas Do you know what this is? What does it do? What will it attract? Why?

Experiment Gave each student an object Gave each student a magnet Made predictions about each object Attract/not attract? What do these have in common? Gave each student a magnet Tested and recorded the results Looked at the results to see what the things that were attracted/not attracted had in common

Summarizing Questions Asked each student to draw a picture of something a magnet would attract & something a magnet would not attract Asked each student to write down one thing they learned about magnets

Conclusion How did it go? What did I like/not like? How did the students feel about it? Did they learn anything?