Magnetic+Attraction+(3rd+Grade)

by Rachel Miller and Chris Pugh =Standards=
 * Science GLE 0307.12.1** - Explore how magnets attract objects made of certain metals.
 * Science SPI 0307.12.1** - Recognize that magnets can move objects without touching them.


 * ISTE NETS 1.** **Creativity and Innovation** **c.** - use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.

=Lesson= TSW...
 * 1) Open Kidspiration 3. [[image:KidspirationIcon.jpg width="37" height="36"]]
 * 2) Click on the Science button.
 * 3) Scroll down and click on the RECORDING OBSERVATIONS activity, then OK.
 * 4) Click on the NAME button in the top toolbar to type their name, then OK.
 * 5) Click on the FIREFOX icon [[image:FirefoxIcon.jpg width="40" height="40"]]in the dock to open the web browser.
 * 6) In the Google search box, type the search term "KS2" and press the RETURN key. The first result should be the website for [|BBC - //KS2// Bitesize - Home.]
 * 7) Under the result for KS2 Bitesize, click on the link for SCIENCE.
 * 8) Click on PHYSICAL PROCESSES, then scroll down to find the activity called "Magnets and Springs". Click the PLAY button.
 * 9) Click on the FULL SCREEN button to begin the activity in a full size window.
 * 10) Click and drag to pull the spring back far enough to launch the magnet toward the position above the key. Observe how the key behaves when the magnet is close but not touching the key.
 * 11) Click on the Kidspiration 3 icon to pull the window back on top.
 * 12) Click in the 1st text box and type their observation about what the key did when the magnet was close.
 * 13) Click on the Firefox icon to go back to the simulation.
 * 14) Click the OK to continue. Look at the 3 objects on the table. Make a hypothesis, or guess, about which will be attracted to the magnet and which won't.
 * 15) Click on the Kidspiration 3 icon to go type the guess for the 1st 3 objects.
 * 16) Click back on the Firefox icon to try out the guess.
 * 17) Click on Kidspiration 3 to type their observations about what actually happened.
 * 18) Click on FIrefox.
 * 19) Click and drag new items onto the testing table by using the box below it and the red arrows to reveal more objects to test.
 * 20) Continue to hypothesize about which will be attracted to the magnet and which won't, then record the hypotheses in Kidspiration 3. Go back to the simulation to test the guesses and back to Kidspiration 3 to record the observations for all objects.
 * 21) When complete, click on FILE and PRINT to print the Observation sheet.