Magnetism Research Project

Magnets have been around for a LONG time! 

Let’s start by doing some research on the history of magnets. 
 

1. Read the article from Wonderopolis on the QR Code. 

2. Answer the 3 main questions for the article. 
 
How are magnets used? 
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What are magnets made of? 
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What is a magnetic field? 
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After Reading the Article, what questions do you have about magnets? 
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 Pick One Question, Write it Here:
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Do some research to find out more about that question: 
 
1. What are a few key words or phrases you could use to find out more about this? 
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2. Use the library resources (through the QR code) to find out 
more about your question: 
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 What is important about Magnetism?
If you had to share the MAIN IDEA or most important thing about magnetism what would 
that be? If you are not sure, do some more research... 
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What are the KEY DETAILS or facts that support this main idea? 
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Now, let’s think about how we can share this with others!
I’d like you to make an informational video about magnetism to show the class. It should 
tell the most important info about magnets as well as show how they work. In order to do 
this, we will need to make some plans and design an experiment. 
   

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 Design an Experiment
 
Design an experiment of your own that shows how a magnet works. You will design it, 
conduct it, and then record your experiment to share with others. 
 
Step 1: Ask a Question 

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Step 2: Do Some Research 

You may refer to the research you have used above. However, if you need to do more 
research, write your info on a piece of loose leaf and staple it to this packet. 
 
Step 3: Hypothesis 
What do you believe will or will not happen in your experiment? 

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Step 4: Experiment 
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Procedure: 
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Observational Data: 
See  Hear  Smell  Feel  Taste 
        *we are not 
  using this sense 
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Step 5: Analysis 
Analysis is all about taking your data (observations), along with your knowledge (research), 
and seeing how they match up to your hypothesis. 
 
Data  Research  What is this telling you? 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Step 6: Conclusion 
Finally, make a conclusion about your experiment. This conclusion should tell us something 
important about magnetism. 

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Design an Informational Video

 
Making video content can be fun! But it is also not super easy. You have to make the video 
engaging while telling people a lot of valuable information. Let’s start with understanding 
good videos first. 
 
Can you think of an example of a good informational video? 

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What made the video fun to watch? 
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What made the video informational? 
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What made the video memorable? 
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Next, you will complete an activity that teaches you how to use iMovie on your ipad. 
The activity is from a series called Everyone Can Create by Apple. 
   

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 Design your Informational Video
 
Now that you’ve had some time to learn about iMovie. You are going to use it to create your 
own informational video about magnetism. 
The video must include: 
❏ Introduction 
❏ Your Experiment 
❏ Main Idea about Magnetism 
 
Use the space below to make an outline of your video and plan a script if you need one. 
Then begin the process of creating the video.   

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Credits: 
Thank you very much to Google for providing a platform to make and create. 
All Fonts can be credited to Google. 
The website Wonderopolis is utilized in this resource. Full rights are reserved to this organization to the creation and 
legitimacy of their articles. 
 
 

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