This hands-on activity gives second grade students the opportunity to test what magnets will do and then guides them to record their findings using word processing. This activity occurs in classroom and requires two or three one-hour class periods. The students listen to Mickey's Magnet and brainstorm what they know about magnets. The teacher organizes students into four groups. Each group works on a different activity for testing magnets, or at the computers writing about magnets.
Students interact with the teacher and classmates during each activity.
The student investigates and collects information using tools. The student classifies and identifies properties of objects. The student compiles, analyzes, graphs, displays and communicates data. The student communicates explanations about investigations using word processing skills. The class brainstorms what they know about magnets.