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Teaching About Magnets in Kindergarten

For Teachers K
Students explore magnets through the five lessons of this unit. The everyday uses of magnets and an awareness of magnetic attraction form the basis of the skills presented in these lessons.
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What is Magnetism?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars investigate magnetism. In this physics lesson, students create a KWL chart about magnetism and research various suggested websites to find out more about magnetism. Young scholars log on to the "BrainPOP" website and view...
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Magnetic Mystery

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the poles of a magnet.  In this magnet lesson, 4th graders explore what a magnet attracts and what it repels. Students view the N and S on magnets. students recognize that like poles repel and opposite poles...
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Magnets

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore the different types of magnets and their common uses.  For this magnets lesson students create their own magnets. 
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Magnets in a Bag

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare and contrast the patterns that they create using iron fillings and different types of magnets.
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Naturally Magnetic Elements

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore naturally magnetic elements. In this magnets lesson, students examine the periodic table of elements. Students discover the parts of an atom and determine which three elements are magnetic.
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The North and South Magnetic Poles

For Students 7th - 9th
In this north and south magnetic poles worksheet, students read about the presence of auroras over the earth's magnetic poles as opposed to the geographic poles. Students use 2 photographs taken by the IMAGE FUV and the Polar instruments...
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Magnetic Poles

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this scientific investigation activity, students follow the provided procedures to examine positive and negative charges of magnets and then respond to 3 short answer question.
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Magnetic Force

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the attraction and repulsion of magnetic forces. In groups, they observe how the forces react with different materials and record their data. They develop their own conclusions about the poles of magnets and...
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5E Magnets

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, when working with magnets, make a prediction about what will happen if you put two ring magnets on an upright pencil, with 100% accuracy. They also experiment with magnets on poles to see which one pushes the other one away.
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Magnets

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this magnets learning exercise, students draw pictures of different magnets that are described on each page. Students complete 9 pictures.
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Electrostatics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine ways positive and negative charges are attracted and repelled by watching teacher demonstrations, and complete activity sheet related to classroom demonstration activities to prove proficiency of knowledge of...
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Magnetism: Knowledge Quiz

For Students 6th - 7th
In this magnetism quiz activity, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions covering a variety of concepts about magnetism.
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What Do Magnets Do?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover the physical properties of magnets.  In this physics lesson, 2nd graders investigate the differences between natural and man made magnets and the uses of each.  Students complete 4 separate RAFT assignments based...
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What's the Attraction?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students experiment with magnets to determine the distances at which they attract and repel each other.
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It's About Time

Force Fields

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Young scholars investigate both bar and horseshoe magnets. They explore force fields with a compass and iron fillings before making an electromagnet. This is the first in a series of nine lessons.
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Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
In this physics worksheet, students complete each of the statements with the correct word or phrase. Then they match each of the words listed on the left with their correct descriptions on the right.
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Attract or Repel?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explain why some objects attract and some do not. For this physics lesson, students investigate the magnetic properties of objects using CEENBoT. They give some important applications of magnets.
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Investigating Static Electricity

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this static electricity worksheet, students read about static electricity and how opposites attract. They investigate positive and negative charge by performing 2 experiments. They write their predictions about what will happen when...
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What is a Magnet?

For Students 5th - 8th
In this magnet instructional activity, students review what makes up matter, how electromagnets are made, and how compasses work. This instructional activity has 6 fill in the blank and 2 short answer questions.
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Discovery Science Center Activities

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a variety of experiments to meet science goals.  In this life sciences lesson, 4th graders make yogurt, discover the attraction of opposite charges in electricity, learn the effects of glaciers, and explore...
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The Founder of Electromagnetism

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify and study the founder of electromagnetism.  In this magnetism lesson students complete several experiments including building a galvanometer.
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Lenz's Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct a series of experiments on electromagnetic induction. In this physics lesson, students apply the right hand rule to determine the current direction and electromotive force. They test Lenz's and Faraday's law by observing...
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MagLev Train System Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to analyze practices that affect the use, availabiltiy, and management of natural resources. They are able to show that the forces of friction retards motion. Students investigate electricity and magnetism as...