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Teacher: Stewart
Subject/Date: Science / May 6th-10th
Unit Title: Electricity and Magnetism
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Standards
Thursday
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Social
Studies
4.P.3.1. Recognize the basic forms of energy
(light, sound, heat, electrical, and magnetic) as
the ability to cause motion or create change.
4.P.1.2 Explain how electrically charged objects
push or pull on other electrically charged
objects and produce motion.
Social
Studies
4.P.3.1. Recognize the basic forms of energy (light,
sound, heat, electrical, and magnetic) as the ability
to cause motion or create change.
4.P.1.2 Explain how electrically charged objects
push or pull on other electrically charged objects
and produce motion.
Social
Studies
Essential
Question(s)
What causes a metal to be magnetic?
How are magnets and compasses alike?
What are the properties of magnets and
magnetic fields?
What is an electromagnet?
How is an electric motor like a generator?
Materials
Bar Magnets
Bags of different materials (Magnetic and nonmagnetic)
United Streaming Video:
Electricity and Magnetism: The Magic of
Magnets
KWL Chart
Student books (pgs. F90-F92)
Lesson 8 Outline
What is a Magnet? Interpret Illustrations activity
(p. 345)
KWL Chart
Vocabulary
Pole
Magnetic field
Electromagnet
Electric motor
Generator
Iron
Cobalt
Nickel
Pole
Magnetic field
Electromagnet
Electric motor
Generator
Iron
Cobalt
Nickel
Activities
Activating Strategy:
(5 min.) Anticipation Guide: Students will
complete a KWL chart with the details they
already know about magnetism. Then have
students add two questions they have about
Activating Strategy:
(5 min.) Review new vocabulary words and use
them in a sentence.
magnetism to their chart. Share ideas as a
class.
Teacher Directed:
(20 min.) Share read pgs. F90-F92. Students will
answer guided comprehension questions.
Teacher Directed:
(5 min.) Introduce new vocabulary words and
add them to student science notebooks.
Guided Practice:
(15 – 20 min.) Students will work with partners to
skim through the text and complete the lesson
outline. Students should reference the text when
they answer each question.
Guided Practice:
(20 min.) Place students into 6 groups. Have
each group take turns using the magnets to
pick up the different items inside their plastic
bags. As a group they should decide what
makes a material magnetic.
Independent Practice:
(5 min.) Students will complete the “What Is a
Magnet?” Interpreting Illustrations activity p. 345.
Then they can take their magnets around the
room to identify further magnetic and nonmagnetic items.
Closure:
Ticket out the door: Write one new thing you
learned about electromagnets from today’s lesson
on your KWL chart.
Have a short class discussion about why certain
metal objects are not magnetic, then identify
iron, cobalt, and nickel as metals with magnetic
properties.
Independent Practice:
(20 min.) Watch a short United Streaming
Video on magnetism to further increase
student awareness of magnetic properties.
Closure:
Ticket out the door – Add two new things you
learned about magnetism to your KWL chart.
Assessment
KWL Chart
Student Participation
Class Discussion
Lesson 8 Outline
“What Is a Magnet?” activity
Student Participation
KWL Chart