Science

September/October Curriculum

Magnetism

• Identify where magnets are used in the environment and why they are used.

• Distinguish materials that are attracted by a magnet from those that are not.

• Recognize that magnets attract materials with iron or steel in them; and given a variety of metallic and nonmetallic objects, predict those that will be attracted by a magnet.

• Recognize that magnets have polarity, demonstrate that poles may either repel or attract each other, and state a rule for when poles will repel or attract each other.

• Design and produce a device that uses a magnet.

• Demonstrate that most materials are transparent to the effects of a magnet. A magnetic field will pass through such materials.

• Compare and measure the strength of magnets.