Key Concepts: Science Learning Center: Center Types Magnets pull some things but not others Exploration Center Magnets pull through some materials Problem-Solving Centers Magnets are strongest at each end Teacher Center Game Center Application Center Reading and Writing Center Exploration Center Teacher Center Materials Materials Assorted magnets Paper clips Tray of assorted iron/steel objects paper Small nails – clips, nails, keys, chains, bolts, screws. Bits of wool Tray of non-iron-steel objects wood, clay, Horseshoe magnets – card, paper, pencil, crayon, string, rubber Bar magnets bands, aluminum Activity Activity Scatter bits of wool on the table. Free exploration What can you do with these Children take turns to see if any of the steel is – materials? attracted to the curved part of the magnet. Find out how many of the objects the magnets Next, they try the ends of the magnet. will pull. Children take turns using the bar magnets to Can you find other objects that the magnets attract steel wool. Use the bar magnets to will pull? attract paper clips and small nails. Do both ends attract the same number of paper clips and small nails. Are any attracted to the middle of the magnet? Problem-Solving Center One Problem-Solving Center One Materials Materials magnets Three or four different magnets paper clips, nails, washers, bolts, card, paper, Paper clips aluminum, shoe box, thin wood Nails washers Activity Find out if the magnets will pick up paper clips Activity that are covered with paper. Which one is the strongest magnet? Try card, wood, and aluminum. Put nails, and draw results in the science journal. washers, and bolts in the shoe box and cover with sand and dirt. Can you use the magnets to find the iron and objects? Draw a picture and write your findings in the science notebook. Game Center Application Center Materials Materials card box box Small magnets
Key Concepts: Magnets pull some things but not others Magnets pull through some materials Magnets are strongest at each end Science Learning Center: Center Types Exploration Center Problem-Solving Centers Teacher Center Game Center Application Center Reading and Writing Center Exploration Center Materials Assorted magnets Tray of assorted iron/steel objects – paper clips, nails, keys, chains, bolts, screws. Tray of non-iron-steel objects – wood, clay, card, paper, pencil, crayon, string, rubber bands, aluminum Activity Free exploration – What can you do with these materials? Find out how many of the objects the magnets will pull. Can you find other objects that the magnets will pull? Teacher Center Materials Paper clips Small nails Bits of wool Horseshoe magnets Bar magnets Activity Scatter bits of wool on the table. Children take turns to see if any of the steel is attracted to the curved part of the magnet. Next, they try the ends of the magnet. Children take turns using the bar magnets to attract steel wool. Use the bar magnets to attract paper clips and small nails. Do both ends attract the same number of paper clips and small nails. Are any attracted to the middle of the magnet? Problem-Solving Center One Materials magnets paper clips, nails, washers, bolts, card, paper, aluminum, shoe box, thin wood Activity Find out if the magnets will pick up paper clips that are covered with paper. Try card, wood, and aluminum. Put nails, washers, and bolts in the shoe box and cover with sand and dirt. Can you use the magnets to find the iron and objects? Draw a picture and write your findings in the science notebook. Problem-Solving Center One Materials Three or four different magnets Paper clips Nails washers Activity Which one is the strongest magnet? and draw results in the science journal. Game Center Materials card box box Application Center Materials Small magnets
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