Exploring Properties of Magnets
Students investigated stations where they discovered and explored the properties of magnets:
1. Attracted/Not Attracted - using a magnet and a bin of assorted objects, students classified the items into those attracted to the magnet and those not attracted to the magnet.
2. North and South - using unlabelled magnetic bars students had to determine which end was north and which was south and label them. Here they discover like poles repel and unlike poles attract.
3. Magnet Maze - Students use two magnets, one that controls the movement of the other, which the have to use hand eye co-ordination skills to weave through a maze.
4. Thick or thin - students determine whether two magnets can stick together through various solid materials of different thicknesses.
5. Paper clip chains - students determine the strength of the different poles of a magnetic by investigating how many connected paper clips each end can hold.
1. Attracted/Not Attracted - using a magnet and a bin of assorted objects, students classified the items into those attracted to the magnet and those not attracted to the magnet.
2. North and South - using unlabelled magnetic bars students had to determine which end was north and which was south and label them. Here they discover like poles repel and unlike poles attract.
3. Magnet Maze - Students use two magnets, one that controls the movement of the other, which the have to use hand eye co-ordination skills to weave through a maze.
4. Thick or thin - students determine whether two magnets can stick together through various solid materials of different thicknesses.
5. Paper clip chains - students determine the strength of the different poles of a magnetic by investigating how many connected paper clips each end can hold.
Land Slide Simulation
Students investigated forces caused by nature such as landslides.
In this simulation students investigated 3 types of soil (lava rock, sand, and gravel) and made predictions on the impact those materials would have when placed down a shoot with houses at the bottom. Students also experimented with the impact of adding water to these materials as landslides often occur with flooding.
In this simulation students investigated 3 types of soil (lava rock, sand, and gravel) and made predictions on the impact those materials would have when placed down a shoot with houses at the bottom. Students also experimented with the impact of adding water to these materials as landslides often occur with flooding.
Barry and the Mountain
In this investigation students combined knowledge of inclined planes and magnetic forces to solve the problem of getting Barry the rescue dog up the mountain as safely and easily as possible.
To learn more about Barry the rescue dog read about him here:
www.barry.museum/index_en.html
To learn more about Barry the rescue dog read about him here:
www.barry.museum/index_en.html