2nd Grade exploring the properties of magnets

scope and sequence

Suggested Time Frame: 2nd Grade Science Curriculum Map

2nd Nine Weeks- Consult the 2nd Grade Science Curriculum Map for specific details.

The 2nd Grade Science Curriculum Map outlines the following information:

Recommended pacing, scope, and sequence for each unit.
Alignment with standards, conceptual understandings, and performance indicators
Links to Unit Concept Storyboard Maps, Content and SEP Support Documents, and Curriculum Guides
Details for Evidence of Understanding, Essential Learning Experiences, and Suggested Learning Engagements
Where appropriate, alignment with specific FOSS, DSM, GEMS, and STC kit Activities and Investigations

standards and vertical alignment

Science Standards, Conceptual Understandings, and Indicators

2.P.3B Magnets are a specific type of solid that can attract and repel certain other kinds of materials, including other magnets. There are some materials that are neither attracted to nor repelled by magnets. Because of their special properties, magnets are used in various ways.
- 2.P.3B.1 Conduct structured investigations to answer questions about how the poles of magnets attract and repel each other.
- 2.P.3B.2 Analyze and interpret data from observations to compare the effects of magnets on various materials.
- 2.P.3B.3 Obtain and communicate information to exemplify the uses of magnets in everyday life.

Prior Learning Experiences

See Science Standards Content Vertical Articulation Chart

Future Learning Experiences

See Science Standards Content Vertical Articulation Chart

learning goals, skills, and concepts

Learning Goals

Students will gather data through investigations and explorations to describe how magnets attract and repel each other.
Students will gather data through investigations and explorations to figure out what items magnets are attracted to and determine what those materials those items have in common.
Students will gather information from various sources to describe different ways that magnets are used in everyday life.

Skills and Concepts

Analyze and Interpret Data- SEP Support Document
Conduct Investigations- SEP Support Document
Obtain and Communicate Information- SEP Support Document
Properties of Magnets- Essential Knowledge Support Document
Magnetic Attraction- Essential Knowledge Support Document
Magnet Uses- Essential Knowledge Support Document

Science Concept Storyboard

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Essential learning

Core Essential Learning Experience(s)

It is ESSENTIAL that students engage in a series of investigations and/or explorations to figure out for themselves how magnets behave, how they attract and repel each other, what sorts of things they are attracted to and what sorts of things they are not attracted to.

Essential Questions

What is a magnet?
Why are magnets attracted to some things but not other things?
Why are magnets important?
How do magnets behave?
Why do magnets have poles?

Essential Vocabulary

Magnets
Magnetic Attraction
Metal
Iron
Non-metal
Poles
North Pole
South Pole
Attract
Repel

lessons and activities

Potential Instructional Strategies/Lessons/Examples

Magnets (DSM Kit) Investigations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
Pearson SC Interactive Science Textbook:
- Chapter 3, Lesson 3 (pages 114-119)
- Quick Lab: page 115(2.P.3B.2; 2.S.1A.4)
- Quick Lab: page 118(2.P.3B.1; 2.S.1A.3)
AIMS Activities: 2005 SC Science AIMS 2nd Grade
- Face to Face
- Discovery Bottle
- Stick to It
- What is Attracted to a Magnet
- A Sorting Challenge
- Magnets Here and There
Cereal Magnets (2.P.3B.2)
- This activity, from the TeachEngineering website, is an investigation into measuring how much iron can be found in high-iron content breakfast cereals.

Assessment ideas

Formative

Exit slip using checkpoints in the text
Fist to five
Turn & Talk
Think/Pair share
Vocabulary Smart Cards Games
Quick lab page 115(Explain results)-(2.P.3B.2)

Summative

Make a poster about what you learned about magnets.
Create a google slide or other type of presentation about magnet observations, investigations and everyday uses of magnets.
Create a flip book about magnets using vocabulary learned in the unit.

additional Resources

Everyday Uses for Magnets (2.P.3B.3)
- This YouTube video is a short introduction to several examples of how magnets are used in a variety of ways. This is not an exhaustive list and should only serve as a springboard for students to obtain and communicate additional examples of how we use magnets in our everyday lives.
Pearson Interactive Science STEM Activity Book
Pearson Interactive Science Content Leveled Readers
Pearson Interactive Science REALIZE Online component
NBC Learn Videos https://www.pearsonrealize.com/community/nbclearn/browse
- Magnetic Levitation (2.P.3B.1)
- The Mystery of Magnets (2.P.3B.3)
- Lakeshore Magnet Kit (Separate purchase)
BrainPop Jr.
- Magnets
PebbleGo (requires a subscription)
Magnetism Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvhuPyiZ138 (2.P.3B)
- This YouTube video is a song that can be used as an introduction to magnets.
Marbles and Magnets Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ9gs-5lRKc
- This entertaining YouTube video shows how magnets and metal can be used to propel marbles through a track created with wooden planks.
Magnetism for Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR9w4koW2EA (2.P.3B)
- This YouTube video can be used to discuss the different materials magnets are attracted to.
Field Study Ideas
- Dr. Doug Strange Attractors http://www.bluemarblescience.com/index.php?ID=137
Books
- Magnetic and Nonmagnetic. Angela Royston. Heinemann (2003).
- Magnets. Karen Bryant-Mole. Heinemann (1998).
- Magnets: Pulling Together, Pushing Apart. N. Rosinsky. Picture Window Books, 2003.
- What Makes a Magnet? Franklin Branley.HarperCollins, 1996.
- The Shivers in the Fridge. Fran Manushkin. Duton, 2006.
National Geographic Video Resource:
- As with any video resource, teachers should carefully preview and vet any videos before showing them to students.

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