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Electromagnetic Fishing Pole

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Let's go fishing ... for paper clips! Individuals create a device that attracts paper clips. This device relies on an electromagnetism, where a flow of electricity in a loop of wire wrapped around a nail causes magnetism.
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K20 LEARN

This Is How the World Ends: Coronal Mass Ejections/Space Storms

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is this the end of the world as we know it? Pupils prepare for a coronal mass ejection during a lesson from the K20 Center. The activity combines video and Internet research in a collaborative assignment that focuses on public safety...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2015 AP® Physics 2: Algebra-Based Free-Response Questions

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
As one of the few AP tests that count for second year college course credit, the AP Physics 2 exam requires a higher level of knowledge than most. Help young scientists study for their upcoming AP Physics 2 exams with previous...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2018 AP® Physics 2: Algebra-Based Free-Response Questions

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
While the AP Physics 2 test maintains the reputation for one of the most difficult AP exams, scholars feel better prepared after practicing free-response questions on currents, conservation of energy, and displacement. The College Board...
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What Does a Magnet Attract?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this magnet worksheet, students write in what happens when a magnet is placed near iron. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Motions and Forces

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the construction of a magnet and the force it produces. They identify various materials as magnetic or non-magnetic, discuss the properties of magnetic properties, and conduct an experiment with a compass and...
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Strange Attractor

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore magnetism. In this magnet lesson, students assemble a magnet pendulum. Students observe the pendulum noting the location of the magnetic poles as they construct the pendulum so that the free-swinging magnet comes as...
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Making A Compass

For Teachers 4th
This interesting science lesson is about the compass. Students make a compass out of a magnet, sewing needle, cork, and a glass dish. The lesson includes both a pre and post-test for the students to take, and some very good links to...
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Electromagnets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils are introduced to the relationship between electricity and magnetism. Using a compass, they observe and record the effects of placing the object near magnetic fields and electric currents. They also experiment using a steel and...
Lesson Plan
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Activity Plan 4-5: Opposites Attract!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students experiment with magnets and sort objects based on magnetism. In this hands-on physical science lesson plan, the children are introduced to magnetism through discussion and experimentation and have the opportunity to use...
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Motions and Forces

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore motions, forces and magnetism. They investigate magnetism as a force and examine the construction of a magnet. Students examine the force that magnetism produces.
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DC Motors

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders build simple electromagnets and small motors using a motor kit in order to illustrate how magnetic fields are produced by a current carrying wire and how an external magnetic field produces a force on a current carrying...
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Curated OER

Going My Way?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars, in groups, study how a magnet works and how people use the Earth's magnetic field to orient themselves.
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Paper Clip Walk

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the behavior of magnetism using magnets. They discuss magnetic force, and conduct an experiment, testing how many paper plates can be stacked together before the force of the magnetic field no longer affects a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Opposites Attract

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine the properties of magnets and static electricity. They participate in experiments that demonstrate the behaviors of charged particles, and record their data on a worksheet.
Worksheet
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Toy Cars

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this toy cars worksheet, learners view a picture of one toy car made out of steel, one made out of plastic, and a magnet and answer short answer questions about them. Students answer 3 questions.
Activity
Curated OER

Fishing Pole

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a fishing pole for magnets. In this magnet lesson, students create a fishing pole with a magnet on the end. Students then "fish" and try to find things that are magnetic.
Lesson Plan
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Astronomy: Earth/Moon

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate the Earth and the Moon. They select activities from a menu of options including viewing videos, drawing magnetic fields and plate tectonics, creating vocabulary flashcards, observing the phases of the moon over a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physics: Electricity and Magnetism

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students draw series and parallel electrical circuits. In this electromagnet lesson, students describe how current changes depend on circuit components. Students use an OHT of a series and parallel circuit to predict the path...
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Curated OER

The Basics of Earth Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss and define the term "scientific theory." They work in small groups to draft an overview of one theory including details about the theory's evidence and significance.
Worksheet
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Science - Mixed Review: Living Things and Non Living Things

For Students 4th - 6th
In this living and non living things worksheet, learners fill in a mixed review that has them answering questions in the true and false, short answer, and classification formats. Students answer 59 questions.
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MAGNETISM

For Teachers K
Students infer that there are forces we cannot see that act upon objects, experiment with magnets to show a push and/or pull force, and participate in a magnet game.
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University of Texas

Free-Body Diagram

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Preparing for an AP test is about more than bubble sheets and memorization. The two activities in this resource require a direct application of skills learned throughout an AP Physics course.
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Electrostatics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers 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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