Part 3: Creating an Undiscovered World

Objectives
Students will:

· Create a world that includes magnetic items and materials supplied by the   instructors
· Characterize their world using magnetic probes and height probes
· Determine other possible probes for characterization

 
Materials Needed
(For the teacher)
       · Master copies of the Student Guide 3
       · Materials that will be made available to the students
       · Scoring Guide for each student (optional)
       · Scoring Guide for the overhead
(For each group of two students)
       · Small cardboard box with lid. (Approximately the size to hold jewelry)
       · Grid paper
       · Ruler
       · Paper
       · Soft items
       · Hard items
       · Clay/ Play Dough
       · Magnet
       · Magnetic item
       · Paper
       · Clay
       · Glue
       · Tape
       · Legos or blocks


Time:
One to two 45 minutes class periods

 


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This work was supported by the Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA)
as part of the NSF Materials Science and Engineering Center program under Grant DMR 9808677

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