The Power of Magnets
by Barbara A. Donovan
Genre: Expository Nonfiction - to explain or inform a reader about a certain topic
Reading Skill: Cause and Effect
Strategy: Summarize
Essential Question: How would your life be different without magnets?
Student Objectives:
Describe the relationship between causes and effects.
Demonstrate an understanding of a text by summarizing.
Review Vocabulary
research: careful study of a subject or problem
tools: things people use to help them do a job
familiar: well known from being seen often
gadget: a small, useful machine or device
invention: an original device, system, or process
experiment: a test to find out or prove something
electric: powered by electricity, a form of energy caused by the motion of electrons and protons
power: strength
prove: to show by using facts
improve: to get better