In this Tinkertime you will be exploring magnets! You will have a few different activities where you will be able to play and learn about magnets.
Please work respectfully and responsibly with others at your station. What does that look like?
Share materials,
keep noise down....classes around you might be working!
be kind to each other and work cooperatively,
keep your working space neat,
when directed, clean up your area and look for others to help clean up their area too,
pack supplies back neatly in the bin, because another class will be trying these activities.
Station 1 - Magnetic tiles - These tiles are magnetic on the sides and allow you to be able to build whatever you would like.
Station 2 - Magnetic Cars - You will be using cars with magnets attached, and magnetic wands to "drive" them around. Try building a maze to guide them through, or draw a road to drive them on, or build a garage to park them in. Use your imagination!
Station 3 - Magnet wands - Experiment with wands to see what is magnetic and what isn't, see how they effect compasses and paper clips, play with magnetic beads and magnetic putty. See all that magnets can do!
Station 4 - Magnetic Marble Run - Build a vertical marble run and test it out. Create challenges for yourself....can you make a run with 2 turns and a drop? Can you make a run that sends a marble into a target?
Station 5 - Magnet fun - Play with an assortment of magnetic objects. Have fun!
Be sure to leave time at the end of exploration to do a great job cleaning up, and to draw us a picture of what you did today. If you have time between stations, check out the cool videos at the bottom of the page. Ready to Explore?!?!?!
Here is a video for the facilitator to use to time your station rotations.
Please help each other to pack the cart back up so that it looks just like when we started! Here is a cleanup countdown video for you!
Draw us a picture of what you created today...label your drawing and include a caption to describe what it is.