Magnet
Electricity and Magnetism
Things you'll need to decide on as you plan: Electromagnets at Work
Teaching Guidance
for 11-14
Bringing together two sets of constraints
Focusing on the learners:
Distinguishing–eliciting–connecting. How to:
- account for the action of devices using simple ideas
Teacher Tip: These are all related to findings about children's ideas from research. The teaching activities will provide some suggestions. So will colleagues, near and far.
Focusing on the physics:
Representing–noticing–recording. How to:
- relate the actions of electromagnets to the actions of permanent magnets
- keep electrical and magnetic loops separate
Teacher Tip: Connecting what is experienced with what is written and drawn is essential to making sense of the connections between the theoretical world of physics and the lived-in world of the children. Don't forget to exemplify this action.
