1 - Getting Started ~3 mins
Look! This picture is stuck on without sticky tape. What do you think is holding it?
2 - Magnets That Help Us ~3 mins
A magnet job is a useful thing a magnet does to help us. Look at our magnet. Is it holding something?
3 - Magnet Jobs Stations ~13 mins
Visit the magnet stations with your group. At each one, try the magnet and talk about the job it is doing. Is it holding, closing, or catching?
4 - What Job Did You Notice? ~5 mins
Sit ready. Tell us one magnet job you noticed. Was the magnet holding, closing, or catching?
5 - How Magnets Help Us ~4 mins
Think with a partner: say one way a magnet helps us. Then we will share one idea with the class.
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