Slide show about teaching 1st grade about magnets.

1. Magnets

2. Assess knowledge Who knows what a magnet is? What does it do?

4. What is a magnet? Get examples Show magnets Demonstrate how it attracts

5. My magnet chart Attracted Not Attracted Rubber bands Paper marbles Paper clips Washers Twist ties

6. Poles Magnets have two poles A North and a South Show two magnets Show atrract and repel

8. Compare two magnets Which magnet is stronger? How do you know? Use paper clips How many clips per magnet?

10. Break a magnet What happens? You get two complete magnets Each with North and South poles.

11. Writing magnet stories Fiction Nonfiction

12. Move things with magnets Can magnets pull through things? Example, paper, water , and your hand Racetrack and cars activity

13. Make graph of data What a magnet pulls through Use graph to answer questions

14. Read magnet stories Use vocab Ask and answer questions Read student stories

15. How to use a magnet story Make a how to book Let students use magnets

16. Display work using magnets

17. sources Science a closer look teacher edition-grade 1 Macmillan/Mcgraw-Hill