Magnets 2: How Strong is Your Magnet

This lesson is to experimentally measure the strength of a magnet and to graph how the strength changes as the distance from the magnet increases, and to also observe how a barrier (masking tape), built between the magnet and an iron object, will affect the strength of the magnet.

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Subject(s): Science

Grade Level(s): 4

Intended Audience: Educators

Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes

Keywords: magnet, magnetism, barrier

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan, Worksheet, Problem-Solving Task, Text Resource, Teaching Idea

Instructional Design Framework(s): Predict-Explain-Observe-Explain, Confirmation Inquiry (Level 1), Writing to Learn

Resource Collection: General Collection

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