Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. This resource guide, developed for students in grades 2 and 3, which covers magnets and their properties, is designed to be used in conjunction with a collection of magnets and a variety of small objects for students to manipulate. Topics covered include what a magnet is, magnets pull and push, the shapes of magnets, and what a compass is. Skills and concepts covered within this guide include observing, experimenting, estimating, and comparing, as well as the structure, function, reactions, interactions, and forces of magnets.
Activities encourage student investigations of various types of magnets.
The activities are designed to correspond to four full color transparencies provided within this resource guide. Within the science based theme units, each guide contains four full color transparencies, corresponding double sided reproducible pages for the students and teacher, background information on each topic, a bibliography, and multi curricular suggestions for additional enrichment activities. ENC does NOT distribute this resource. The reproduction of any part for an entire school or school system or for commercial use is strictly prohibited.