Magnets, static and forces: 3rd to 5th science
Forces, motion, magnets and static electricity. A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: forces, motion, magnets and static electricity.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: How can a balloon move paper without touching it?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: magnets, static and forces.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Make: Static electricity magic (https://peabody.kids/build/static-magic)
- Make: A magnet science project (https://peabody.kids/science-fair/about/magnets)
- Make: Time a pendulum's swings (https://peabody.kids/science-fair/projects/pendulum-length-swings)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about magnets, static and forces, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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