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WELCOME TO THE WEBQUEST ABOUT MAGNETISISM!! Made by Lisa Shaw (Ages 8 to 10
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Do
you ever look at your family or friend’s refrigerators with displays of
pictures, quirky quotes or school artwork all held by a piece of metal? This piece, which you may already know, is
called a magnet. It is crazy to think that this piece of magnetite has the
ability to hold the forces of nature to perform its job. How in the world
does this small piece of metal stay connected? How
is this possible? |
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In this webquest you
are going to be looking up information about magnets on the internet. Follow the directions for each step below,
and pass all the work that is asked for into your “done” folder. Once you are totally finished with all the
parts in this webquest you are going to write an answer to the question above
in the introduction. How is it possible for the magnet to stay
up on the refrigerator? You need
to use at least three of the words that you looked up from the definitions,
and make sure you put bits in from what Mr. Magneto told you, including the
information of north and south poles.
Have fun! |
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How Do Magnets Work?? First
we need to know some vocabulary that you may not know too well yet... Go to www.onelook.com. Find the definitions of the
following words and write them on a blank sheet of paper that you will place
in your “done” 1) repel 2) attract 3) magnetism 4) electricity 5) electrons 6) protons |
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Go to the
following site and meet Mr.
Magneto!! He is there to tell you all about
the way magnets work… Click here to meet
Mr. Magneto himself! Once you have
finished reading what he has to say, try going back and taking the quiz that
he has made for you. This will show
you just how much new information you have learned! Once you are
done with the quiz, reflect on what you learned. What was the hardest part of
the quiz? What was the easiest
part? The quiz will not be graded,
but your reflections are to go in the “done folder” and they will be checked
off. |
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To get more information on magnets and how they work, visit the following sites: ·
http://www.tadda.wsu.edu/EleMtrs/electromagnet.htm-http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/physics/u7c3phy.html-http://www.explorescience.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=59 |
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To get even more information on magnets and how they work then
follow the next steps: · Go
to http://www.google.com/ · Type
in one of the following words at a time where it says “search” · Magnets · Magnetism · Magnets and poles · Magnetic attraction · Read
the sites that come up, and if they seem to be about magnets, then click on
them and read what the site has to say!! |
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If you would like to give me feedback on my webquest then please email me at lshaw@zoo.uvm.edu |