Grade Level: 1st Grade Subject: Science

Lesson #5 Going Fishing

Standard: P.PM.E.3 Magnets- Magnets can repel or attract other magnets. Magnets can also attract magnetic objects. Magnets can attract and repel at a distance. * P.PM.01.31 Identify materials that are attracted by magnets. P.PM.01.32 Observe that like poles of a magnet repel and unlike poles of a magnet attract. I. Objective: I can identify which items a magnet will pick up, and which it will not. I can identify the properties that are required for magnets to be attracted to something. Anticipatory Set: The teacher will read the book, "Magnets: Pulling Together, Pushing Apart. The teacher will invite the classroom to share their experiences with fishing. The teacher will then introduce a magnet and have the students share their experiences with magnets. The teacher will demonstrate and explain that magnets only work with certain items. The teacher will encourage the students to determine what qualities something must have to be attracted to a magnet. Input: a. Materials: i. "Magnets: Pulling Together, Pushing Apart ii. Magnets iii. Paper fish iv. Plastic items v. Pencils vi. String vii. Paper clips viii. Rubber bands and other non-metallic items ix. CD to listen to while fishing b. Steps i. The teacher will grab the students attention by introducing the book, "Magnets: Pulling Together, Pushing Apart. The teacher will ask the students if they know what the cover is a picture of (magnet), and what it does/ is used for. The students will have a

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chance to raise their hand and answer. The teacher will then read the book and discuss magnets with the students. The teacher will then explain to the students that they are going fishing during science. The students will be invited to share their fishing experiences with the class. The teacher will get the fishing pole and demonstrate to students how there is a magnet attached. The teacher will reinforce the idea that like sides of the magnet repel, and opposite sides attract. The teacher will then demonstrate how the magnet will attract certain items, but will not attract others. The teacher will demonstrate how the magnet will not pick up paper or plastic, and will encourage students to determine what items it will pick up, and what qualities items need to have in order to be attracted to a magnet. The teacher will then divide the class into pairs, and will give each pair a fishing pole and a small sea. The students will take turns fishing. They will fill out a chart stating which items they were able to pick up while fishing and which items they were not able to pick up. Each item will be attached to a small fish. After each student has had an opportunity to fish and figure out which items the magnets will pick up, and which they will not, the teacher will have the group come back together. The teacher will ask the students which properties an item needs to have in order to be picked up by the magnet. The teacher will check once more for understanding and for questions.

c. Thinking Levels: i. Knowledge- The students will know that magnets can only pick up certain items. ii. Comprehension- Students will comprehend what materials magnets will be able to pick up. iii. Analysis: Students will be able to analyze data and determine what items will be picked up by magnets. iv. Evaluation: Students will be able to judge which items a magnet will pick up, and which items it will not be able to pick up based on their encounter. d. Learning Styles and/ or Accommodations i. Visual: Students will visually see a book about magnets while the teacher reads to the entire class. The students will also visually see which items are magnetic, and which are not.

ii. Auditory: The students will listen to the book about magnets, and will also be able to listen to why some items are attracted to magnets, as well as listen to why magnets can attract and repel. iii. Interpersonal: Students will be interacting with their partner during their fishing. They will also be working with their partner to determine which items are magnetic and which are not. iv. Kinesthetic: Students will be interacting with the lesson by fishing with their fishing poles to discover which items are magnetic, and which items are not magnetic. v. Logical: Students will have to think abstractly to make determinations about magnetic and non-magnetic objects. vi. Naturalistic: Students will be able to categorize items into the categories of magnetic and non-magnetic. IV. Modeling: a. The teacher will demonstrate the use of magnets by showing how they will be attracted to certain items, and how they are not attracted to others. The teacher will explain that a magnet will not pick up a paper or plastic item, and will encourage kids to decipher what it will pick up. Checking for Understanding: a. The teacher will ask students for their participation to check for understanding. The teacher will ask for interjections to determine if the students are on the same page and if they are understanding what is being discussed. Guided Practice: a. The teacher will introduce the fishing pole (pencil with string and a magnet), and point out to the student that there is a magnet on the end. The teacher will then show the students her small sea (box with random items in it). The teacher will pick up items one at a time and ask the students if they think the magnet will be able to pick up the items. Some of the paper fish will be connected to plastic or paper items, and some will be connected to paper clips or other small metal items. Independent Practice: a. The students will be with a partner, and they will take turns fishing for different items in their sea when they have all of the items that the magnet will pick up out of the sea they will determine why the magnet was only able to pick up the items that it did. Closure:

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a. The teacher will lead one last discussion regarding how magnets work. The teacher will ask the students which items they were able to pick up, and will lead into a discussion about why those items were easily retrieved, and other items did not move. IX. Assessment/ Reflection: a. The teacher will check for understanding one last time by holding up a number of different items, one at a time, and ask the students which items a magnet would be able to pick up, and which items it would not be able to pick up.

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