Lesson plan for teaching Magnets (Science)

Here's a daily normal lesson plan that I did for my class. It's nothing fab, but hope it helps you in gaining some extra hours of sleep or to mark worksheets :)

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Class: Primary 4-8 Number of pupils: 40 Date: 11th April 2008		Topic: Magnets and their characteristics (Science) Ability: High Duration of lesson: 1 hour (2 periods)
Prerequisites	Pupils should be able to: 1) Identify magnets. 2) Know that there are two poles – north and south in a magnet.
Specific instructional objectives	At the end of the lesson, pupils will 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.
Activity Type	Wrapping up of previous unit - Matters: (20 minutes) Resources: Cycles activity book, summary video on states of matter (focusing on water) 1. Recap the different states of matter with the pupils. 2. Show the summary video on different states of matter for water. 3. Go through corrections activity book and worksheet.
	Development: (35 minutes ) Resources: Magnets, magnetic and non-magnetic materials, textbook and activity book. 1. Go through the characteristics of a magnet. 2. Define what the terms - magnetic materials and non-magnetic materials mean. 3. Get students to predict a variety of materials that they have in their pencil cases whether it is a magnetic material.
	Summary of lesson: (5 minutes) 1. Get students to recall what determines a magnetic material. 2. Get students to list the characteristics of a magnet.

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