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Magnets and Springs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars participate in an online lesson making and recording observations of magnets. They determine that magnets attract some metals but not others and that other materials are not attracted to magnets.
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Exploring Magnetism

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore magnetism and complete several worksheets.  In this magnetism lesson students complete several activities on magnetism and aluminum cans.
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Magnetism And Electricity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of electricity and how to build a circuit. They identify the presence of heat, light, sound, and the magnetic effects. Students construct the circuit and draw a diagram that gives directions for its...
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Word Search: About Magnets

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this magnet learning exercise students locate 12 words and mark them in the puzzle. Each word pertains to magnets, and the word search is shaped like a magnet.
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Magnetic Mapping

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students draw arrows to show the direction the compass needle is pointing when it is placed around different points of a penny and a bar magnet. Students must then answer questions about the activity on a provided worksheet.
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Do Some Research: Magnets

For Students 4th - 7th
For this Internet research worksheet, students conduct library or Internet research on magnets then draw a picture and write a report about the topic.
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Ampere's Law

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Help your class find the the magnetic field of a toroid, a solenoid bent into a circle with an activity that allows the class to see how a loop of wire carrying an electrical charge behaves much like a magnet. The resource provides...
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Science Matters

Electromagnets

For Teachers 4th
Classes are sure to get all wrapped up in an attractive lesson! Young scientists learn how to combine electricity and magnetism as they create electromagnets. They create their own electromagnets and collect data on their strength...
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Magnets 2: How Strong is Your Magnet?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners experimentally measure the strength of a magnet and graph how the strength changes as the distance from the magnet increases, and as the barrier (masking tape) is built between the magnet and an iron object.
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Magnets and Springs

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this magnets worksheet, students guess whether each of 8 objects will be attracted to a magnet. Students try the experiment and write yes or no in the results column.
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Magnetism-Do Some Research

For Students 4th - 6th
In this research worksheet, students use the research method in order to answer the five questions. The worksheet is regarding magnetism.
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Marvelous World Of Magnets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research the concept of magnetism in order to increase understanding of the subject. By accessing information they could explain the concept with a written report used as an end product for assessment.
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Pop Art Pins & Magnets

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars examine cereal and snack boxes and then create magnets and/or pins using the Pop Art demonstrated in these pieces. This multi-level lesson emphasizes the differences between commercial art examples and fine art examples.
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What is the Attraction?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the law of polarity. In this magnets lesson, 2nd graders discover how magnets are used in everyday life and which objects in our environment are magnetic. Students experiment with bar magnets and record...
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Electricity and Magnetism

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this electricity worksheet, students read and reflect on what electromagnets are and how they attract objects. Students put 4 events in order that would make an electromagnet start attracting objects and identify 3 ways to increase...
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Magnetism: Knowledge Quiz

For Students 6th - 7th
In this magnetism quiz worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions covering a variety of concepts about magnetism.
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Magnetism and Electricity Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
In this magnetism and electricity instructional activity, students match vocabulary words on the left with definitions on the right. Worksheet is labeled as a quiz, but may be used for review/practice.
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Bank On It! Magnetism

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science and language arts worksheet, students complete a cloze article. They read a short piece about magnetism and fill in 15 missing words. Word choices are included in a word bank.
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Magnets & Magnetism

For Students 4th - 6th
In this magnets worksheet, students answer 11 questions about magnets. This worksheet is to be completed online because they provide links on various topics.
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Magnetism and Electricity Word Chop worksheet

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this magnetism and electricity worksheet, students put together words that are cut in half that have to do with magnetism and electricity. Students put together 12 words.
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Electromagnets

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Show your class what goes on with a magnet that can be turned on and off with a resource that provides the information needed to build an electromagnet. The information allows the class to understand that creating loops with the current...
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Magnetic Pick-ups

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students gain an understanding that certain materials are attracted to magnets and some are not.
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How Strong is Your Magnet?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students measure the strength of a magnet and graph how the strength changes as the distance from the magnet increases.
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The Magnetometer

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students build an instrument. In this magnetism lesson plan, students learn about the north and south poles of magnets and build a magnetometer that detects the direction of a magnetic field.

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