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Date: 16/10/2014
Time: 1.5
Rationale: This lesson is for students to inquire, explore and to further understand the concepts
of magnetism. The lesson is for students to revise and reflect on the topic of what was previously
understood in Stage 2.
KLA (s): Science & Technology, Maths, English, & Creative Arts.
Objectives:
For students share their understandings of what they understand about magnetism by engaging
and participating in creating a mind map in prezi.
For students to use scientific skills, such as inquiry and asking questions, to enable them to further
their understandings of how magnetism works by engaging in four different scientific stations.
Resources & Equipment:
Classroom organisation:
Introduction/ explicit teaching:
All resources and equipment will be set
Interactive white board (IWB)- Prezi, and
up prior to the lesson.
magnetic video.
Stations will be set up on tables around
24x Lab coats
the classroom.
24x Safety glasses
Station 1: Steel wool, 3x scissors, 12x
empty large bottles, water, food dye, 3x
magnets, 3x laminated experiment
sheets, 24x student recording sheets., 3x
ipads.
Station 2: Modelling clay, 3x horseshoe
magnets, 3x sharp pencils with eraser, 3x
Laminated experiment sheets, 24x
students recording sheets.
Station 3: 6x Ipads with Magnet games
loaded
Station 4: 6x magnets, 24x recordings
sheets.
Introduction:
Students sit down in front of IWB and the teacher introduces the topic of magnetism.
Teacher proposes questions such as: what do you know about magnetism? what do you
remember?, where do we find magnets?, How do magnets work?.
Students provide answers while the teacher records their understandings on the
magnetism prezi file on the IWB.
Explicit teaching:
Students watch a short video on the IWB about magnetism
http://lrrpublic.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/lrrSecure/Sites/Web/skoool/phys/step/understanding_magnets/index.ht
ml
Teacher gives specific instructions about each of the four stations (see applied task for
details).
Teacher explicitly explains where the students need to be careful when handling materials,
and what they can use to protect themselves.
Applied tasks:
Every student puts on labs coats and safety glasses. Teacher explains to the students that
they are officially magnetic scientists when lab coats and safety glasses are on. Therefore
productive and responsible actions are needed throughout the lessons.
Stations are timed at 15minutes each, and 1 minute to rotate to new station.
There will be 6 students at each station at one time.
The teacher will rotate between groups throughout the time; however will mainly interact
with station 1 and 2, as more teacher supervision is needed.