Thursday, February 27, 2020

This week we started our Magnetism unit in Science.

Students explore the interaction of magnets with a variety of materials found within their own environment. By testing the effects of one magnet on another, they learn that magnets show polarity and that the strength of magnetic effects diminishes with distance. They learn to distinguish materials that are affected by magnets from those that are not and learn how magnets can be used in sorting objects, moving things and holding things together.

One of my favorite outcomes in the curriculum is that students are to design and produce a device that uses magnets.

Today was our second attempt to make slime!

We are happy it was a success.

After we made the slime, we made it magnetic by adding iron filing.

Ask your child about the slime process and the magnetic slime.