Grade Three

Curriculum Outcomes: 

• Physical Science: Invisible Forces
  • Magnetic Forces
    • Investigate to identify and group materials that can be magnetized or attracted by magnets and distinguish these from materials that are not attracted by magnets
    • Investigate the polarity of a magnet, determine the orientation of its poles, and demonstrate that opposite poles attract and like poles repel
    • Identify familiar uses of magnets
  • Electrostatic Forces
  • Demonstrate and describe ways to use everyday materials to produce static electric charges and describe how charged materials interact
  • Identify and investigate conditions that affect the force of magnets and of static electric materials
  • Identify questions and describe examples of the effects of static electricity in their daily lives and ways in which it can be used safely or avoided.

Demonstrations that may apply to Grade Three lesson plans:

•  Physical Science: Invisible Forces
  • Magnetic Forces
    • Magnetic Wires
    • Field Line Demonstrators
    • Eddy Currents
  • Electrostatic Forces
    • Van de Graaf Sparks
    • Hair Raising
    • Volta's Hailstorm
    • Pith Balls 

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