Magnets & Motors
Lesson 1
Getting Started-Pre Unit Assessment
Students learn how to set up their science notebooks. Students discuss what they already know about magnets and motors.
3. Lesson set up and Management
Questioning: Generate questions that can be answered through scientific investigations (IN01.2.1.1).
This is a pre-assessment.
3. Lesson set up and Management
Materials:
There is no set-up for this unit. Make sure to save the student-generated lists because you will need to refer back to them in later lessons. Introduce students to student activity books. Remind students that all answers should be written in their science notebooks and not in the activity books. Start the discussion by explaining to students that there will be no right or wrong answers and that it is okay to sometimes say, “I really don’t know”.
Student Management:
This is an individual student assignment where students do their own work. There are no wrong answers.
Students should have a science notebook for this unit.
When making copies of student handouts, it is sometimes a necessary to trim the handouts in order to fit into the students’ science notebooks.
Writing Support:
The student science notebook will be a writing assignment throughout the unit.
Reading Support:
No reading support for this lesson.