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A complete teaching kit for a unit on magnets, forces and motion for grade 3
Explore forces and magnets with exciting and practical investigations to develop students' scientific knowledge and understanding. This comprehensive teaching kit has everything you need for teaching a full unit or creating mini-projects with no hassle, no prep, and no additional resources!What's Included In This Teaching Kit
For the teacher:- 12 complete guided lesson plans and 39 accompanying printable resources
- Forces and motion lesson plans as well as lessons on magnets, gravity, air resistance, water resistance, friction and levers and pulleys
- Designed to be flexible - lesson plans can be used for stand-alone mini-projects or a longer sequence of lessons
- Aligned with Science and Engineering standards
For the student:
- Games, discussion tasks, hands-on experiments with magnets and much more
- Detailed teaching notes and suggested extension activities to develop students’ questioning and decision making skills
- Focus on vocabulary introduced and used in each session
- Key scientific knowledge and skills mapped out for each lesson plan
What You'll Find Inside
Session 1: What Is a Force? (pages 9-15)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- Activity: Forces – Rank the Materials
- Friction Investigation Planner
- Friction Investigation — Results
Session 2: Magic or Magnets? (pages 16-21)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- Activity: Magic or Magnets?
- Activity: The Great Fernando – Fact or Fraud?
Session 3: Is everything Magnetic? (pages 22-34)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- Investigation — Is Everything Magnetic?
- Activity: Magnetic or Non-Magnetic — Sorting Activity
- Activity: Metals — Magnetic or Non-Magnetic
Session 4: Which Magnet Is The Strongest? (pages 35-42)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- Activity: Magnets – Attract or Repel?
- Activity: Which Magnet is the Strongest?
- Activity: “Super Scientist” Prompts
Session 5: Are Two Magnets Stronger Than One? (pages 43-47)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- Activity: Are Two Magnets Stronger Than One?
Session 6: Magnetic Gaming (pages 48-55)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- Magnetic Games — How Do They Work?
- Activity: Design a Magnetic Game
- Magnetic Game Flowchart
- Magnetic Game Evaluation
Session 7: Gravity Investigation (pages 56-63)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- Forces in Balance
- Investigation Prediction
- Gravity Investigation Planner
Session 8: Air Resistance (pages 64-72)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- Activity: Air Resistance Paper Test
- Air Resistance: Good or Bad?
Session 9: Air Resistance Investigation — Parachute problem (pages 73-80)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- Equal and Opposite Forces
- Activity: Air Resistance Investigation Letter
- Air Resistance Investigation Plan
- Risk and Reward Rescue Challenge – Investigation Prompts
- Activity: Parachute Jump
Session 10: Water Resistance – What is it?(pages 81-86)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- Activity: Which Shape Moves Most Quickly Through Water?
- Investigation Prompts
Session 11: Friction Investigation — Which surface gives the greatest friction? (pages 87-96)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- The Power of Friction
- Sole Patterns
- Activity: Which Surface Creates the Most Friction?
- Investigation Prompts
- Activity: Friction: Advantage or Disadvantage?
Session 12: Levers and Pulleys (pages 97-101)
- Lesson Plan and Teaching Notes
- Gears, Pulleys and Levers
- Activity: Gears Investigation
- Activity: Make Your Own Pulley
