LESSON PLAN (Template) - ED101 - Boston University

d. My students will demonstrate that the ends of magnets sometimes attract
each other and repel each other by using two magnets and showing me or
the teacher.
e. My students will be able to realize what magnets can be used for in their
school, home, and in the “grown-up” world and demonstrate this by
bringing in a magnet to school and describing what it does outside of the
classroom. This “grown-up” world is how magnets are used in jobs around
the world.
f. My students will be able to give two or more example of something that is
a magnet even if it does not look like a typical magnet. For example, they
will be able to realize that the letters that stick to their refrigerators have
magnets on the back.
g. My students will learn how to go back on the website to learn more about
magnets and show their parents what they learned in school.
5. Technology, Materials, and Aides: I will need one computer that is hooked up to
some sort of projector. Then I would need a screen, Smartboard, or whiteboard to
project the website onto. I would then need some magnets. The magnets will
consist of two bar magnets, a plain black magnet, a refrigerator magnet, and two
or three objects with a magnet on the back that do not look like typical magnets. I
will also have similar things that are not magnets so the students can recognize
what makes something a magnet. I will need objects that are attracted by magnets
and ones that are not attracted by magnets. These will consist of nails, other
magnets, a metal cup, a metal washer, and paper clips. I will also have things that
are not attracted by magnets. These things will be paper, cloth, and a plastic water
bottle. Some of these objects can be collected from the students prior to the
lesson. For example, the students would be asked to bring in one thing they think
can be picked up from a magnet and one thing that cannot be picked up by a
magnet. These will then be discussed with the class as part of the lesson.
6. Procedures/Methods:
a. Overview: The lesson is basically going to be a back and forth discussion
between the students and myself. I will be using the website as a
slideshow for the lesson. I will show one of the pages and then explain
what the page says to the students. Then I will do a “hands-onexperiment”
with the students so they can understand the concept of what
the slide is telling them.
b. Introduction: My lesson will begin with a quick survey of the class to see
what they know about magnets. The students will know what a refrigerator
magnet is and they will be more than happy to tell me. I will explain to
them that there are many different kinds of magnets and that they do
different things. This will get the discussion started and lay the
groundwork for the rest of the lesson.
c. Activities:
i. First slide: “What is a Magnet?” This slide will describe what a
magnet is and what it does.