Students will complete the Process Skills blackline master on Lab Manual pages 91-92 as they do the activity. Students test the effect of a magnet on various metal objects. Then, students place paper, cardboard, and wood between the magnet and the metal objects and make inferences about the effect of these materials on the magnet's attraction. Students will complete the Process Skills blackline master on Lab Manual pages 97-98 as they do the activity. Students observe and measure the water levels when 5 marbles and 10 marbles are placed in 20 mL of water.
Students then test their predictions.
Students will complete the Process Skills blackline master on Lab Manual pages 99-100 as they do the activity. Students design a model car using an assortment of craft supplies. Students will complete the Process Skills blackline master on Lab Manual pages 103-104 at they do the activity. Students write a hypothesis about how the size of a sponge affects the amount of water it will hold. Students test their hypotheses by measuring the amount of water that each sponge will hold.