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For 1st-3rd Grades

This site from the Utah State Office of Education provides background information on magnets and lesson plans for seven student activities. Throughout the unit students will determine the effects of magnets on objects in the environment

In this unit students perform a variety of activities to learn about magnets. They determine the kinds of objects which are attracted to a magnet. Other related experiences allow students to discover that there are two poles on a magnet, and that those poles have either attractive or repulsive effects on the pole of a second magnet.

This site is an entire unit on magnets. It contains 11 lesson plans that are great for elementary teachers. All of these lessons use simple materials that are easily found in any classroom.

Magnetism

Magnet Activity

Magnets

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