{"id":1655,"date":"2009-09-07T13:06:01","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T18:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1655"},"modified":"2009-09-07T13:06:01","modified_gmt":"2009-09-07T18:06:01","slug":"teaching-magnets-with-childrens-literature-science-with-magnets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/07\/teaching-magnets-with-childrens-literature-science-with-magnets\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Magnets with Children&#8217;s Literature: Science with Magnets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/science-with-magnets.jpg\" title=\"science-with-magnets.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/science-with-magnets.jpg\" title=\"science-with-magnets.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/science-with-magnets.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"science-with-magnets.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Science-Magnets-Usborne-Activities\/dp\/0746012594\">Science with Magnets<\/a>, written by Helen Edom and illustrated by Simone Abel is an interactive book where students learn the functionality of magnets.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">This colorful book is packed with exciting activities to assistance children in exploring the wonderful world of magnetism. All the experiments and activities are designed to be safe and easy for children to do in their own home. The book also provides real life examples of how magnetism is used in everyday life. &#8220;Magnets help to make many electronic machines work. Here you can find out about some of them: electric generator and tape recorders &#8221; (20). In addition the book even teaches children how to\u00a0create their own magnets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Connections<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Science with Magnets<\/em> could be used as a reference\u00a0tool for students. It would be a great addition to a science work station where\u00a0students can select which experiement(s) they would like to attempt on their own.\u00a0This book can be used for SOL&#039;s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.2 Students will understand and investigate magnets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpopjr.com\/science\/forces\/magnets\/grownups.weml\">Brain Pops Jr: Magnets<\/a>: Is an excellent\u00a0site dedicated to magnets. It is a kid friendly site that\u00a0gives background information on magnets and houses an interactive video students can\u00a0reference. The site also\u00a0provides teachers with two simple activities they can try\u00a0with their own students.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/homeschooling.about.com\/od\/freeprintables\/ss\/magnetprint.htm\">About.com Magnet Worksheets<\/a>: Provides 9 PDF worksheets on magnets. There are word searches, vocabulary worksheets, crossword puzzles, writing activity sheets, etc.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hometrainingtools.com\/images\/art\/Magnets.pdf?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=young-list&amp;utm_campaign=ys0711\">Home School Tools: Magnets<\/a>: This is a coloring activity that gives students the opportunity to do a scavenager hunt around the classroom. The objective is for the students to find items that are magnetic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amazon.com\/Science-Magnets-Usborne-Activities\/dp\/0746012594\">Science with Magnets<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Author:<\/strong>\u00a0Helen Edom<br \/>\n<strong>Illustrator:\u00a0<\/strong>Simone Abel<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher: <\/strong>E.D.C. Publishing<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong>\u00a0September 1992<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:<\/strong>\u00a024 pages<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range:<\/strong>\u00a01-3<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN:<\/strong>\u00a0978-0746012598<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Science with Magnets, written by Helen Edom and illustrated by Simone Abel is an interactive book where students learn the functionality of magnets. This colorful book is packed with exciting activities to assistance children in exploring the wonderful world &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/07\/teaching-magnets-with-childrens-literature-science-with-magnets\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,757,735],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-physical-science","category-process-skills"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}