Magnetic and Charged Materials is a Curriculum Based Science and Technology unit developed for the Ontario Provincial Science Curriculum for grade 3. It contains a number of activities aimed at introducing students to the key concepts of magnetism. It also contains over 20 individual student activities and 12 hands on experiments, which provide students with an opportunity to discover many of the facts about magnetism and static electricity.
Every activity and experiment in the unit is based on either an overall or specific skill based curriculum expectation. The unit also contains a test, to be used as a review of the concepts learned, upon completion of the unit of study.
Introduction
Grade 3 Ontario Curriculum Expectations By Activity Location
Experimental Equipment Lists
What is a Magnet?
Uses of Magnets
Attraction and Repulsion
Electromagnets
Experiment 1: What is attracted? What is not attracted
Experiment 2: How strong are different magnets?
Experiment 3: How do you make a magnet?
Experiment 4: How strong is a magnet?
Experiment 5: Finding the North & South Pole of a Magnet
Experiment 6: How does the surface a magnet rests on, affect its strength?
Experiment 7: Can we make a magnet float?
Describing Some of the Results of Our Experiments
Magnets Can Be Fun
Parts of a Maze
The History of Static Electricity
Understanding Static Electricity
What Causes Static Electricity
Experiment 8: Identifying Pairs of Materials That Produce A Charge
Experiment 9: Comparing the Electric Strength of Different Charged Materials
Experiment 10: Finding Out How Two Similarly Charged Materials Behave
Experiment 11: Identifying the Effect of Different Conditions
Experiment 12: Investigating How the Force of Attraction is Affected by Distance
Everyday Examples of Static Electricity
My Science Unit Cover
My Dictionary of Words On Magnetic & Charged Materials
Unit Test |
