The objectives for this unit were designed to meet New Haven's high educational standards for science, reading, writing, and math on the kindergarten and first grade levels.
The primary objectives are to provide students with an opportunity to learn about magnetism, and basic scientific. Children will learn the scientific method and through practical classroom application, develop their critical thinking skills through use of the scientific method.
Literacy is another very important objective. As we go through all different types of experiments, the children will be working on interactive reading and writing lessons to track document and interpret their work. Students will learn to describe events and the methods they used in their experiments both verbally and in writing. They will then be able to relate this information to others.
Math skills such as: 1:1 correspondence, ordering sets, connecting sets to numerals, fractions and counting are all proficiencies children will use while working on this unit. Children will identify magnets and objects that magnets attract. They will also identify how magnets are used in some electronic equipment and be able to describe the functions of magnets in that equipment. Students will use a variety of materials and tools to enhance and strengthen fine motor movements and control.
Further objectives have been designed relating specifically to understanding and mastery of concepts as they are introduced.