Explore the properties and uses of magnets—and SAVE 25%—with the MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM SCIENCE UNIT, from the Science Foundations Curriculum series. This unit focuses on the following concepts:

• Characteristics of Magnets and Magnetic Force
• Earth’s Magnetic Field
• Electromagnets in Daily Life

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RESOURCES INCLUDED:

• LET’S EXPLORE MAGNETS is a 20-slide interactive PowerPoint—with FIVE video/audio clips—that highlights the characteristics of magnets and magnetic force, the Earth’s magnetic field, and the properties and uses of electromagnets.
• THE FORCE OF MAGNETISM is an activity book that focuses on the properties and uses of magnets with a variety of activities and also includes FIVE experiments. This activity book pack also includes TWO colorful 11 x 17 inch reference posters—Magnetism and Electromagnets—that define and illustrate characteristics of magnets and electromagnets.

BONUS RESOURCES INCLUDED:

• NINE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS: This unit contains four experiments that focus on the properties of magnets, as well as five science stations that complement the activity book.
• ATTRACT OR REPEL? challenges students to identify the poles of magnets, based on whether they attract or repel one another.
• MAGNETISM uses a crossword puzzle format to review the properties of magnets.
• MAGNETISM UNIT REVIEW covers the key concepts and vocabulary words introduced in the unit.

This unit also contains a one-page teacher’s guide that lists the key concepts of the unit and the applicable NGSS and TEKS standards.

Vocabulary Words and Phrases:

attract, bar magnet, compass, contact force, electric force, electromagnet, force, horseshoe magnet, like (magnetic poles), magnet, magnetic field, magnetic pole, magnetism, non-contact force, repel, unlike (magnetic poles), wand magnet

Targeted Skills: (partial list)

• Identifying characteristics of magnets
• Identifying ways magnets transfer both force and data (information)
• Describing the relationship between magnetic and electric forces
• Identifying characteristics of the Earth’s magnetic field
• Describing ways magnets are used in our daily lives
• Developing critical thinking skills of comparing and contrasting
• Building content-area literacy in science
• Reading fluency and comprehension

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TARGETED NGSS STANDARDS

• Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, Patterns, Systems and System Models
• Forces and Motion
• Information Technologies
• Magnetic Interactions
• Relationship Between Energy and Forces
• Science and Engineering Practices
• Types of Interactions

TARGETED TEKS STANDARDS

• Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns, Systems
• Force, Motion, and Energy: Definition of Force
• Force, Motion, and Energy: Demonstrating Effects of Magnetic Force on an Object
• Scientific Investigation and Reasoning

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Sample Pages: Please see the preview for sample pages/slides from the unit.

Image Credits: The illustrations in these resources are my own original drawings (©Dr. J). Credits for the photos used in the bonus posters are listed on the Image Credit page, included with each activity book. Photo credits for the PowerPoint are listed on the last slide of the presentation.

Technical Info: The slides are in PowerPoint format, and the activity books and posters are in PDF format, combined into separate zip files. The bonus activity pack is also in PDF format.

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SAVE 30% with the SCIENCE CURRICULUM MEGA-BUNDLE, which includes all TWENTY science units, containing TWENTY-EIGHT activity books, TWENTY PowerPoints, plus more than 300 FREE BONUS pages of experiments, projects, printables, reference posters, and unit reviews.
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UNITS IN THE FOUNDATIONS SCIENCE CURRICULUM:
INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

• THREE BRANCHES OF SCIENCE
• CYCLES IN THE NATURAL WORLD
• DISCOVERIES AND INVENTION

LIFE SCIENCES

• THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
• THE PLANT KINGDOM
• BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS
• ANIMAL AND PLANT ADAPTATIONS
• FOOD CHAINS AND WEBS

EARTH SCIENCES

• GEOLOGY AND THE GEOSPHERE
• WEATHER AND THE ATMOSPHERE
• WATER AND THE HYDROSPHERE
• OUR CHANGING EARTH
• NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
• EARTH AND SPACE

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

• STATES OF MATTER
• FORMS OF ENERGY
• EXPLORING WAVES
• FREE-EXPLORING ELECTRICITY
• FORCE AND MOTION
• MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM

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