Make Your Own Compass

Scholars build a compass using a needle, cork, magnet, and a water-filled cup in order to locate the magnetic north and south.

You may not be able to take a field trip to the moon, but that doesn't mean your class can't study moon rocks. Using graham crackers as the moon's bedrock and powdered donuts as micrometeorites, young scientists simulate the creation of...

Six simple images pull your class into magnets. Most of the pictures show magnetic fields as revealed by iron filings. Concepts are explained in print along the bottom of each slide and include magnetic force, force fields, poles,...

Here is a very good lesson on magnets, magnetism, and magnitic fields that is chock full of great activities for you to implement with your young scientists. Learners discover the properties of magnets, look at the forces of attraction...

We are very dependent upon other life forms around us to survive. Here, scholars explore relationships in the ecosystem with the help of Auntie Litter and the pollution patrol. They imagine a world without grass, making connections to...

A well illustrated activity where students investigate and draw the magnetic field lines created with a bar magnet and a compass.

Kelsey and Ryan show how to use a compass as they race through their orienteering course in this video segment from ZOOM. [2:23]

Students identify the properties of a magnet. In this physics lesson, students explore the strength of the magnet by testing out how a magnet reacts to various materials. The various objects the students test include paper clips, paper,...

Students create a compass using a cork, needle and water. They explore magnetism, make predictions and experiment with different materials to test for magnetism: attracting and repelling. They record their findings in their science...