Workshop Outline: Magnets

      

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1. ELICIT: What Do We Know about Magnets?

 

2. EXPLORE: What Can We Find Out about Magnets?

 

3. INQUIRE: What are Magnets and What Do They Do?
A. Predicting the Behavior of Magnets
B. Magnet Strength
C. Combining Magnets
D. Make Sense
E. Apply

 

4. INQUIRE: Is There a Model to Explain How Magnets Work?
A. Making a Magnet
B. Breaking a Magnet
C. A Model for Magnets
D. Make Sense
E. Apply

 

5. INQUIRE: How is the Earth Like a Magnet?
A. The Earth Magnet
B. Make Sense
C. Apply

 

6. INQUIRE: What Can We Find Out About Magnetic Fields?
A. What is a Magnetic Field?
B. Just Passing Through
C. What Else Can We Find Out About Magnetic Fields?
D. Make Sense
E. Apply — Locating Hidden Magnets

 

7. INQUIRE: What is the Relationship Between Magnetism and Electricity?
A. Can Electricity cause Magnetism?
B. How Can We Make an Electromagnet?
C. Can Magnetism Cause Electricity?
D. Can Electricity and Magnetism Cause Motion?
E. Make Sense
F. Apply

 

8. ASSESS: What Have I Learned About Magnets?

 

9. PLAN: How Can We Use Our Knowledge to Improve Our Teaching?

 

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