7th Grade Science Guide

7.1: Field Forces 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 2

CSD Resources Phenomena: Electric Train

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I can use evidence to

●​ Have students watch the Electric Train through a copper coil video. Students should write what they think is making the train move, and make any other observations.

●​ Electric Train through Copper Coil Video ●​ Other options may

describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other.

include: Static Electricity, Bill Nye Balloon, Levitating Speaker

Activity: Compass Introduction

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ Lesson Plan ●​ Magnets ●​ Compass

●​ I can create a model that shows forces exist between objects even when they are not touching.

●​ Students determine what causes a compass to work and describe the effect that a magnet has on the compass.

Activity: How does a compass work?

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I can create a model that shows forces exist between objects even when they are not touching.

●​ Students read an article about how a compass work, and then use

●​ Lesson Plan ●​ How Does a Compass Work Reading

information from the text to describe what they saw

in the Compass Introduction Lab

Activity: Micro:bit Compass Bearing

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I can create a model that shows forces exist between objects even when they are not touching.

●​ Turn a micro:bit into a simple compass which shows its bearing from Magnetic North in degrees.

●​ Micro:bit ●​ Chromebook

Gizmo: Magnets