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Solar Activity
In this solar activity instructional activity, students complete a puzzle given a word bank with matching numbers. The numbers correlate to the answers to basic math problems that use the order of operations. Students use their...
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IPC Physics Vocabulary Review
In this physics review activity, students review vocabulary words associated with speed, acceleration, Newton's Laws and simple machines, work and energy, magnetism, electricity, and harmonic motion and light. This activity has 92...
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Comparing Electricity and Magnetism
In this electricity and magnetism worksheet, students will complete a Venn diagram by writing in facts about electricity, facts about magnetism, and facts that both share.
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Introduction to Magnetism and Electronics
Students are introduced to the concepts of magnetism and electronics. As a class, they walk through the steps of the scientific method and define new vocabulary. In groups, they are given a bag of objects and they are to separate them...
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Magnetism
Middle schoolers experiment with the concept of magnetism. Working in small groups, students design an experiment to test the magnet attraction of various substances. After completing their experiments, middle schoolers research...
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Friction Flyers
Students explore the principles of magnetism and friction. They complete an interactive puzzle on the Gizmos and Gadgets computer software, construct a vehicle, build and modify ramps and vehicles to produce various outcomes, and...
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Magnetic Testing
Students explore magnetism. They make observations of everyday items regarding their magnetic attraction and use their experiences to make a prediction.
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Magnets: They Are Totally Attractive
Young scholars classify objects that magnets are attracted to and aren't attracted to. They also magnetize metal. They construct and use a compass. They develop a product which show they explain the properties of magnetism.
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Magnets
Second graders classify objects and create hypotheses regarding their magnetic properties. They watch a video about magnets and finally use a magnet to test their hypotheses created earlier.
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The Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF)
Students design an experiment for NASA's STEREO/IMPACT mission to measure the interplanetary magnetic field. This lesson includes 3 excellent hands-on and critical thinking activities in which students explore magnetism in the solar wind.
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Magnetism
Students examine the concept of magnetism by doing several activities using magnets and compasses. They explore poles and polar repulsion and attraction.
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Magnets
Students demonstrate the process of science by posing questions and investigating phenomena through language, methods and instruments of science as they experiment at four teacher-created stations to explain the fundamentals of magnetism.
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What Sticks?
Students participate in a teacher demonstration of how magnets stick to some items and not to others. They test items from the teacher's bag to see if they are magnetic. They X out the items using one color for magnetic and another for...
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Physics Around the School: Simple Machines In and Out of the Classroom
Students explore different machines and the components that encompass the science of physics. In this physics lesson plan students explore how things move.
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Magnetism
Students explore physical science by participating in a class science activity. In this magnet attribute instructional activity, students define a list of scientific vocabulary terms associated with magnets and participate in hands on...
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Exploring Magnetism and Electricity
Students explore Faraday's Law. In this electromagnetism lesson, students investigate Michael Faraday. Students discover the history of the electromagnet. Students examine the parts of an electromagnet.
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Magnetism
Students investigate magnets. In this magnetism activity, students begin exploring magnets. Students study attraction and repulsion and discover the poles of a magnet.
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Applied Science Physics Pre Lab
Students explore physics. In this magnetism lesson, students attempt to make a magnet out of a iron rod. They observe the teacher complete the procedure first and then try it themselves.
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Exploring Magnetism
Ninth graders explore magnetism and complete several worksheets. For this magnetism lesson students complete several activities on magnetism and aluminum cans.
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Sea Floor Spreading Demonstration
Students examine the Earth's boundaries, the ocean floor, and the types of plate boundaries. In this sea floor lesson students fill out worksheets on the ocean floor and observe a demonstration.
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3-D Magnetic Field
Learners create a magnetic field. In this investigative lesson students design their own magnetic field so that they can see how magnetism and electricity work.
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Discovering Magnets and Graphs
Sixth graders investigate averages and statistics by discovering magnet strengths. In this magnet experiment lesson plan, 6th graders utilize different magnets and attempt to attract different materials to them. Students record the...
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Exploring Magnetism
Students participate in several activities that allow them to better understand magnetism. In this exploratory lesson students take part in different activities to help them to better understand magnetic fields, circuits and...
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Curious Science: Magnetism
In this online interactive science worksheet, students respond to 3 multiple choice questions about magnetism and its functions.