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Files Included in this Download |
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Resource Name |
Format |
Objectives |
Resource Details |
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Magnets and Springs |
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To learn about magnets and springs |
A PowerPoint presentation to show
examples of magnets and springs |
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Vocabulary for unit
(9 pages) |
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Vocabulary to be used during this unit |
Cards of words that may be used
throughout this unit (26 cards / words – 3 on each sheet) |
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Do all magnets behave in the same way?
(1 page) |
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To learn that there are forces between magnets and that
magnets can attract and repel each other
To learn to make and record careful observations of magnets |
Handle, explore and record findings of the given types of
magnets.
Investigate and record what happens when magnets are put
together.
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Magnetic materials
(1 page) |
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To learn to make and record careful observations of magnets
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Using a magnet find materials in the school that are
attracted to magnets. Record in the table |
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The strengths of magnets
(1 page) |
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To learn to make and record careful observations of magnets
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Questions about the strengths of the magnets in the picture.
Try own similar experiment |
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Attracted to magnets
(1 page) |
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To learn to make and record careful observations of magnets
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Predict and find the result to find if the given and own
objects are attracted to magnets. |
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About magnets and magnetism
(1 page) |
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To make generalisations about what happens when magnets are
put together |
Fill in the words about magnetism. Fill in what the ends of
the magnets do when together |
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Magnetism through materials
(1 page) |
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To
learn
to make careful observations
To
learn that magnets attract some metals but not others and
that other materials are not attracted to magnets |
Find out if magnets work through each of the given
materials, predict, give result, comment |
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Exploring magnets
(1 page) |
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To learn to investigate an aspect of the behaviour of
magnets |
Do the experiment and record what happens to the ends of
magnets when put together |
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Investigate magnets
(2 pages) |
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To learn to investigate an aspect of the behaviour of
magnets |
Choose from the given questions to investigate and fill in
the record sheet. |
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Make a magnetic obstacle course
(1 page) |
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To learn to investigate an aspect of the behaviour of
magnets |
Instructions to make a magnetic obstacle course |
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Find the strongest magnet
(1 page) |
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To plan a fair test and decide what to measure and what
equipment to use |
Plan the experiment to find the strongest magnet using the
given questions and chart |
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Recording an experiment
(2 pages) |
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To make and record measurements |
Make measurements of objects being pulled by a magnet and
record on given sheets |
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Carroll Diagram
(1 page) |
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To draw conclusions |
Fill in the Carroll diagram about magnetism and write
conclusions |
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Magnetism
(1 page) |
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To draw conclusions |
How to find out if an object is magnetic or not |
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Uses of springs
(2 pages) |
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To learn that springs are used in a variety of ways |
Information about the forces of springs. Questions to answer
to show understanding |
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Springs
(2 pages) |
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To learn that springs are used in a variety of ways |
Label the given pictures that use springs. Fill in the
missing words of the sentences about springs |
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Cotton reel crawler
(1 page) |
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To learn about the effect of the elastic band or spring
To make predictions of the effect of stretching elastic
bands by different amounts |
Follow the instructions to make the crawler, record
distances moved |
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Loop cards
(10 pages) |
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To interpret evidence and use it to draw conclusions |
Loop cards to be used as revision or learning during the
unit. |
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Questions – magnets and springs
(2 pages) |
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To interpret evidence and use it to draw conclusions |
A set of questions about the unit – to be used individually
or as a class revision |
