Understanding by Design Template

Overview and Background
Title	Magnets & Electricity
Grade Level	4
Topics	Magnets & electricity
Start Date	December
Timeframe	4 -6 weeks
Summary	Students participate in experiments, use both textbook & online resources to discover and practice the concepts of magnets and electricity.
Designers	Wendy Wiens, Laurie Thisius, Stephanie Thalmann
Print Materials Needed	Magnetism & Electricity unit (Foss) Text Structure worksheet on computer to go with “How Magnets Interact”, Foss Magnetism & Electricity book, Pg. 6 Preview Chart for Accents on Science textbook – Magnets U.8 Ch.1 Scavenger Hunt- Accents on Science Textbook– What is Electricity? U.8 Ch.2 Text structure worksheet on computer to go with “Interview with Ben Franklin”, Foss Magnetism & Electricity book, Pgs. 8-9 Text structure worksheet on computer to go with “Magnets and Electricity in Your Life Foss Magnetism & Electricity book, Pgs. 24-25.
Internet Links	http://www.mcwdn.org/Physics/Magnetism.html http://www.brainpop.com/science/electricity/electricity/index.weml http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/ - http://www.brainpop.com/science/electricity/electricity/index.weml http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/Info_Magnets.cfm#whatare
Stage 1
Standards Area & Number	Kansas Science Standard #2 – Physical Science Benchmark #4 Indicators I,2, 3
Standards text	Kansas Science Standard #2 (Physical Science)– As a results of the activities in grades 3-4, students will increase their understanding of the properties of object and materials that they encounter on a daily basis. Students will compare, describe, and sort these materials by observable properties. Benchmark 4 - All students will experiment with electricity and magnetism. Students will develop the concept that electrical circuits require a complete loop through which an electric current can pass. Magnets attract and repel each other and certain kinds of other materials. ▲ Indicator 1 – The students will demonstrate that magnets attract and repel. ▲ Indicator 2 – Design a simple experiment to determine whether various objects will be attracted to magnets. ▲ Indicator 3 – Construct a simple circuit.
Understandings	Electricity is based on magnetism. Our modern society depends on electrical power.
Essential Questions	How do magnets interact with each other and other objects? How does electricity flow in a circuit? What is the relationship between magnets and electricity? How do electromagnets react under different conditions?
Knowledge	Students will know: how to construct open, closed, parallel, and series circuits. a number of materials that are conductors and insulators vocabulary associated with magnetism and electricity
Skills	Students will be able to: discover that magnets display forces of attraction and repulsion measure the change in force between two magnets as the distance between them changes make an electromagnet
Stage 2: Performance Task
Assessment Summary	Students review and apply their knowledge of magnets and electricity by writing technical directions.
Student Directions	Wired Magazine for Kids has hired you and your partner to write two articles. They require an expository article about magnets. This article needs to include the concepts of what materials magnets stick to, forces of attraction and repulsion, and how the amount of force need to separate two magnets changes as the distance between them changes. For the second article, you will be writing technical directions about how to set up an electrical circuit with a switch. You are to include the following terms in the article: circuit, power source, conductor, insulator, open circuit, and closed circuit. Requirements for each article: Correct text type must be used: Magnets – expository text Electrical circuit – technical text Articles must include complete information based on the experiments and reading we have done. Each article must include at least one picture or diagram that relates to the information in the article.
Rubric (table in Word)
Other Evidence Tests, Quizzes, Observations, Journals, etc.	Technical look-alike reading assessment on computer - Accent on Science Textbook, pg. 118-119 (Mineral property chart) Text Structure Technical look-alike reading assessment computer to go with “How Magnets Interact”, Foss Magnetism & Electricity book, Pg. 6 Preview Chart for Accents on Science textbook – Magnets U.8 Ch.1 Scavenger Hunt- Accents on Science Textbook– What is Electricity? U.8 Ch.2 Text structure Technical look-alike reading assessment on computer to go with “Interview with Ben Franklin”, Foss Magnetism & Electricity book, Pgs. 8-9 Text structure Technical look-alike reading assessment on computer to go with “Magnets and Electricity in Your Life Foss Magnetism & Electricity book, Pgs. 24-25.
Stage 3 Learning Activities
What sequence of teaching and learning experiences will be used?
1. Hook	Allow students time to experiment with two magnets. Write down results of investigation. Share with class.
2. Overview and expectation	Students participate in experiments, use both textbook & online resources to discover and practice the concepts of magnets and electricity.
3. Teaching Activities, Assessments & Rethinking opportunities in order	Foss - Magnetism & Electricity Part 1 – Permanent magnets, find objects that attract & repel magnet interaction (north & south poles) Activities: properties of magnets, find objects that magnets stick to, mystery object bag test, explore magnetic interactions of two magnets, & experiment with forces of attraction & repulsion
4.	Text Structure worksheet to go with “How Magnets Interact”, Foss Magnetism & Electricity book, Pg. 6 (worksheet on computer)
5.	Magnetism (short internet article on magnetism with quiz) – read article & do quiz in partners http://www.mcwdn.org/Physics/Magnetism.html
6.	Foss –Magnetism & Electricity Part 2 -Breaking the Force Measure force needed to break magnetic force between two magnets, use spacers to break magnetic force & graph
7.	Textbook – Accents on Science – Magnets U.8 Ch.1 – Preview Chart
8.	Website movie & quiz – magnets (subscription – can only do 2 activities per day http://www.brainpop.com/science/electricity/electricity/index.weml
9.	Foss – Magnetism & Electricity Part 2 – electrical circuits, conductors, insulators Activities: make electrical circuits, introduce open & closed circuits, and conductors & insulators, make a circuit tester
10.	Website activity with information, activities, & quiz - Do sections #1 -#3 (circuits, conductors & insulators, and switches):http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/
11.	Website movie & quiz – electricity (subscription – can only do 2 activities per day http://www.brainpop.com/science/electricity/electricity/index.weml
12.	Textbook – Accents on Science – What is Electricity? U.8 Ch.2 – Scavenger Hunt
13.	Interview with Ben Franklin (Foss books) – text structure worksheet
14.	Magnets & electricity your life (Foss books) – text structure worksheet
15.	Foss – Magnetism & Electricity Activity 3 – make electromagnets
16.	Magnet & electromagnet information – graphic organizer- http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/Info_Magnets.cfm#whatare
17.	Textbook – Accents on Science – Use & Control U. 8 Ch. 3 – Read & discuss
18.	End of unit project – Click It Foss – Magnetism & Electricity Activity 4 – apply concepts of electrical circuits and electromagnet to construct a telegraph