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Grade 5 Science · World 9: Magnet Mountain · Level 62
Through Different Materials
Predict what happens with wood, paper, glass, metal, and rock between a magnet and an object.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 62
- Here's a test. Hold a magnet above a material, with a paper clip under it. If the clip stays up, the pull passed through.
- A magnet's field passes through thin paper, wood, glass, and most rocks. It even passes through aluminum.
- A steel plate is different. The magnet grabs the steel, so the clip falls.
- Try it with a grown-up: test a magnet and a paper clip with paper, a ruler, and a thin book. Keep the magnet and clip the same each time.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:
- S5P3.b — Plan and carry out an investigation to observe the interaction between a magnetic field and a magnetic object. (Clarification statement: The interaction should include placing materials of various types (wood, paper, glass, metal, and rocks) and thickness between the magnet and the magnetic object.)