Lesson plan for teaching Magnets 2 (Science)

Here's the 2nd Magnets lesson plan. Did this in 2 hours as my CT swooped lessons with me.

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Class: Primary 4-8 Number of pupils: 40 Date: 17th April 2008 Time: 11am – 1pm		Topic: Magnets and their characteristics (Science) Ability: High Duration of lesson: 2 hour – 120 minutes (4 periods)
Prerequisites	Pupils should be able to: 1) Sate the characteristics of a magnet. 2) Identify the materials that are attracted to a magnet. 3) Draw conclusions that magnetic materials are the only ones that are attracted to magnet.
Specific instructional objectives	At the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to: 1. Identify the parts of the magnets that are the strongest. 2. Use a magnet to find the North-South direction. 3. State the push and pull of magnets as poles of the magnets repel and attract respectively.
Activity Type	Tuning in: (10 minutes) Resources: Video on magnets 1. Recap the properties of a magnet and what non-magnetic materials and magnetic materials are. 2. Play the video to show where magnets come from and the history of magnets.
	Development: (100 minutes ) Resources: Magnets, materials needed for activity, videos on magnets, SmartBoard, textbook and activity book. 1. Go through the steps to test which parts of a magnet are the strongest. 2. Get students to do Activity 1.2. 3. Show students an actual compass. 4. Tell students that they can make their own simple compass by just using a magnet. 5. Get students to do Activity 1.3. 6. After finishing both Activities 1.2 and 1.3, get students to settle down on the floor and show them video clips on magnets. The video clips will explain why magnets will lie in the north-south direction. 7. Using the SmartBoard, get students to come up to the board to try the digital format of magnets and see the properties that magnets can push and pull. At the same time, get students to do the Activity 1.4 while waiting for their friends to have a try at the SmartBoard.
	Summary of lesson: (10 minutes) 1. Get students to recall which parts of a magnet are the strongest. 2. Get students to explain the properties of a magnet allow it to be a compass. 3. Get students to explain that a freely-turning magnet will lie in North-South direction.

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