PHYSICAL SCIENCE:

Electrical and Magnetic

Energy
PA Academic Standards:
3.2.3.4B

Grade:
3rd

Instructional Goals:
• Identify and classify objects and materials that are
conductors or insulators of electricity

• Identify and classify objects and materials as magnetic or

non-magnetic
Electromagnet Power!!
This is the last lesson in a 3 part unit. The lesson will take 2 days to
complete.

Day 1: Complete the engage, explore and explain

portion

Day 2: Complete the elaborate and evaluate portion

 Day 1: Engage
• Simultaneous rally table

• Give one get one

• Discus as a whole class

• Ask them what they think will happen

Day 1: Explore

Students will explore How

to make an electromagnet
Day 1: Explain
Ask students what they discovered
about electromagnets. Discuss the
magnetic field created in an
electromagnet. Ask students how they
think the electromagnet can be
strengthened.
 Day 2: Elaborate
*Remind students of safety!
• 4 Question Strategy

• Paired Heads Together

• Popcorn Share

• Teammates Consult

• Observation and Conclusions

Day 2: Evaluate
Students write conclusion including three key
parts:

• Make a claim

• Provide evidence for a claim

• Provide Reasoning that evidence to a claim

All Write Round Robin

 Accommodations:
Students will be provided with work sheets and vocabulary lists.

Adaptations:
This lesson is fairly detailed and long so due to time restraints and progression of learning,
worksheets may be done in a group setting or whole class assessment. This will be something to
determine at the time of lesson.

Resources:
• Battery (D cell)
• Wire (4-6 feet of 18 gauge)
• Iron nail
• Paper clips
• Tape
• Detailed hand out *Figure E
• Four Question Strategy *Figure F
Electromagnetic planning sheet *Figure G
 Beginner Developing Proficient Mastery
1 2 3 4
I demonstrate I can do most of the Grade level Takes real
making a start at simple stuff, but still proficiency. ownership of
understanding with a need some help Demonstrates partial learning and

Electromagnetic
lot of wrong ideas sometimes. I have understanding of the demonstrates a
and a few right ones. more right ideas than learning targets. higher level of
________________ wrong ones. Mostly memorization understanding the

Grading Rubric •
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Missing
questions on •
_______________

All worksheets
with some ownership
of learning
_____________
learning targets.
______________
_
planning sheet filled in
completely • All worksheets
• Missing filled in • Is connecting
questions on 4 • Wrong answers, completely concepts from
Question but right ideas previous
strategy • Shows lessons
• Attempts to understanding and
understand able to explain • Helping other
material experiment in own students with
words experiment

• Attempt at using • Using proper

proper terminology
terminology