Grade: 3rd
Standards:
3-PS2-4. Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Summary:
Students complete a series of six short investigations involving magnets to learn more about their properties. Each station has an instruction sheet with rich vocabulary, while still allowing students to explore with the materials. Students also discuss engineering uses for magnets and brainstorm examples of magnets in use in their everyday lives.
Focus Questions:
What is a magnetic field?
Why do some magnets attract or repel one another?
What type of objects/materials are attracted to magnets?
How can you use a compass to test the poles of a magnet?
What are some of the devices that engineers have created that use magnets
Posted by: Lauren Pio