Electricity & Magnets Unit {Digital & PDF Included}
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Are you looking for engaging lessons and activities that have to do with electricity and magnets? Look no further! This Electricity and Magnets Unit provides everything you need! Save time planning and your students will love completing the hands-on activities.
To take a closer look at some of the activities included in this unit, check out the preview!
What will students investigate through these detailed lesson plans?
- Conductors and insulators
- Open and closed circuits
- Static electricity
- Basic concepts about magnets
- How to build an electromagnet and determine the strength of an electromagnet
- Forms of energy (thermal, radiant, and mechanical)
- How electrical energy is transformed into other forms of energy
This Electricity and Magnets Unit also comes with two bonus lessons about parallel and series circuits and famous scientists who made contributions to electricity and magnetism. The information from these lessons is not included on the assessments found in this unit, but these lessons provide some additional hands-on activities that can be used to reinforce the concepts listed above.
What comes in this Electricity and Magnets Unit?
- 11 Worksheets
- 7 Centers
- 4 Entry/exit tickets
- 3 Sorts and foldables
- 3 Posters
- Quiz
- Test
- Lots of engaging, hands-on activities and experiments
- 2 Sets of Word Wall Cards: One set of word wall cards with pictures and another set with only the term on each card. 40 word wall cards total.
- 1 Timeline of Suggested Activities: Provides a timeline for using the activities and experiments included within this set and provides links to websites featuring videos of concepts being taught.
- Answer keys
What are key terms used throughout the unit?
- Electricity
- Conductor
- Insulator
- Circuit
- Electric Current
- Open Circuit
- Closed Circuit
- Static Electricity
- Magnetism
- Electromagnet
- Energy
- Thermal Energy
- Radiant Energy
- Mechanical Energy
Are digital resources included?
Some worksheets, the quiz, and the test within this Electricity and Magnets Unit are also included in a digital format and can be shared with students using your Google Drive.
When you purchase this product, you will be given access to a link that will allow you to open the file in Google Slides. You’ll then share that file with your students. The slides can be printed and adapted for students who prefer to answer the questions by hand. You can also view and print a student's completed version of the slides.
What standards are covered?
This Electricity and Magnets Unit closely aligns with most science standards related to teaching electricity and magnets, including NGSS (4-PS3-2 and 4-PS3-4). The unit is also aligned with both the 2010 and 2018 Virginia science SOLs. It is aligned with science SOL 4.3 if using the 2010 standards and science SOL 5.4 if using the 2018 standards.
What Other Buyers Are Saying:
“This bundle is phenomenal. Very helpful and takes a lot of stress off my shoulders.” (Mahlia M.)
“Extremely thorough unit on electricity and magnetism! Wow!” (Tammy L.)
“I can't say enough about this unit!! As a first year teacher starting a new unit can be overwhelming trying to make sure to have experiments, vocab, and all essential knowledge, but this resource is so well put together that I'm not worried at all!! Thank you for taking the time on this unit and for the excellent price!” (Michele T.)
Don’t Miss Out!
This Electricity and Magnets Unit is perfect if you are low on planning time or have no idea where to begin! Students will also have fun learning the information as they complete all of the activities!
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