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8th Grade

Lesson: Magnetic Field

Unit Overview
Main Idea (Claim) Summative Assessment
- There are several properties of - Case Study (how compasses work)
magnets
- There are several ways to create
magnets
Biblical Worldview
- Humans can create magnets to
fulfill the Cultural Mandate

Guiding Questions Objectives (know/understand/do/value)

- What is a magnetic field? - The student will be able to discover the
- How to determine the direction of a definition of magnetic field
magnetic field in an - The student will be able to determine
electromagnet? the direction of the magnetic field of an
- How to determine the south pole electromagnet
and north pole of an electromagnet
according to its magnetic field?
- Does the amount of electricity
affect the strength of the magnet?
- Why is this important?
Time Instructional Procedures and Strategies
Beginning the Lesson
(7-8
mins) - The teacher will have the students watch a short video on youtube

(Donald and Pluto)

Developing the Lesson

(1-2
mins) - The teacher will show an electromagnet and ask the students why the

magnet was able to pull the nail

(5 - The teacher will divide the students into threes or fours and let them
mins)
discuss the definition of magnetic field and what caused it, they may
(5
mins) look up their textbooks or other sources
- Each group can present their findings to the class
(5 - The teacher then will give a brief lecture on the definition of and how to
mins)
determine the direction of a magnetic field
(5 - The teacher then give students worksheets about the direction of
mins)
(5 magnetic fields
mins) - Their worksheets will be assessed by their peers
- The teacher divides the students into pairs and let them experiment on
(10
mins)
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Ni Made Putri Patrisia White Magnet 4 weeks
8th Grade

their electromagnets to fill the report paper templates given by the

(5 teacher
mins)
Closing the Lesson

- Each student will receive a blank card, then they will write their name

and their questions for the day is or anything they have learned from

the class.
- That is their ticket to end the lesson
Formative Assessment Differentiation
- Visual: Illustration by teacher
- Worksheets that were assessed by - Auditory: group discussion
peers - Kinesthetic: using right hand rule
- Report papers during lecture

Resources

- Youtube video Donald and Pluto (https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=e2WpB_CPjow)
- Magnet
- Battery
- cord
- Nail
- Pens
- Textbook
- Blank cards
- Powerpoint
- boardmarker
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