Orrin Hawke

Nov 24, 2015

PS1- Warner School
Grade:

2/3

Subject: Science

Goals/Key questions
Goals: Understand the magnetic field can penetrate through many objects
Objective (connected to PofS):
2, 3

Pre lesson Considerations

Materials needed/preset up required/logistical considerations needed
(seating arrangement):
-Master #10 hand out -16 bar or round magnets paper clips cloth Styrofoam
trays sponge plastic lids glass (picture frame) aluminum metal lid sandpaper
cardboard rubber mats sponge
-Draw a magnet on the white board

Content:
What is the teacher doing?
Introduct
ion

5 min

Activity 1

10 min

Ask class what they think will happen

when they put the face of two
magnets together?
Review that there is a North and
South side to the magnets
What a rule for the poles of magnets?
Likes repel, opposites attract
Call on student; do you remember
what the magnetic field is?
Can you show us on the whiteboard?
Today we are going to explore how
the invisible magnetic field can
penetrate through certain objects
We will be experimenting in pairs or
groups
Each pair will be given a magnet, a
paper clip and a bag of materials that
we will be testing if the magnetic

What are the

students
doing?
Large
group
answer

One
students
draws on
board

Listening

Class

Activity 2

15 min

field of our
Take out Master #10 handout
PUT YOUR NAME ON IT
BEFORE you do your experiments,
talk in your groups and predict what
you think will happen? Will the
magnetic field pass through each
object? Write down your prediction
Ask some groups what they predicted
Why did they predict that?
Place the paper clip on top of your
object
Have your partner hold the object
while you use the magnet underneath
Does the paperclip move? Has it been
pulled into the magnetic field?
Write down your observation for each
object

Conclusio
n
10 min

Ask class what surprized them?

Discuss their results
Magnetic field is invisible, but can
penetrate through non- magnetic
objects
Non-magnetic objects that dont allow
the paperclip to move are so thick,
that it is out of the range of the
magnetic field
On the card I gave you, tell me
something new you learned today
about magnets

handerouters will
hand out
Master #10
to class
Make
predictions
as a group
(first one as
a class)
Complete
experiment
in partners
or group
Take turns
holding an
object and
running the
magnet
Write down
observation
s
Large
group
discussion

Exit slip,
one new
thing you
learned

Assessment:
-Conversations with students take in work sheets large group discussions Exit
slip
Accommodations/Modifications:
-allow to work in groups if needed have some students do fewer questions if
needed have some do more if needed

Extension and extra time activity:

-what are item around the room that we could try? have students draw a bar,
horseshoe, and round magnet showing their magnetic field
Reflection on how the lesson went