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- Copyright: 1999
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PRODUCT SUMMARY
Why does a refrigerator magnet stick to the fridge but not to the wooden cabinets? This question will be answered as viewers discover what makes something "magnetic." Young students learn about positive and negative forces, the North and South poles, and the basic concepts of why opposites attract. Children find out more about what magnets are used for and in which simple machines they are found. With a hands-on experiment and real-world examples, these concepts are more easily understood. One of 11 volumes in the Physical Science for Children Video Series in the Schlessinger Science Library. Part of the Schlessinger Science Library for Children Collection. This title correlates to the National Science Education Standards for Physical Science -- properties of objects & materials, position & motion of objects, and light, heat, electricity & magnetism. This program includes a Teacher's Guide.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
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…Magnets are way cool to little folks, and this interesting video shows why they're interesting as well…Highly recommended for its fun and scientifically sound approach to the topic." - Video Librarian (Jul/Aug 00)"This interesting and well-organized video teaches useful information in a clear and concise manner. It would be a valuable addition to primary science units." - School Library Journal (5/00)
FULL REVIEWS
Video Librarian (July 2000)
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"Stick' em on your fridge, don't put them near computer discs, sail the seven seas with them. Magnets are way cool to little folks, and this excellent video shows why they're interesting as well as fun. The scientific principles of polar attraction and repulsion are demonstrated by a young child with a magnet set, magnetic fields are visualized via the classic iron-filings-on-paper routine, and--most fun of all--viewers see an experiment proving that iron-fortified breakfast cereal really does contain iron (crush the cereal, add water, stir with a magnet, and after ten minutes, iron has attached itself to the magnet!). In addition, electromagnets are explained through wonderful footage of a junkyard electromagnet easily moving around tons of scrap, followed by a discussion of "bullet trains" (too bad they didn't mention the commonly accepted term "mag lev"--magnetic levitation--for the train; vocabulary enrichment is always desirable). Schlessinger has considered every librarian's frustration and every borrower's annoyance: teacher's guides that get separated from the video, and provided both in-print and online teacher's guides (hooray, hooray!). Highly recommended for its fun and scientifically sound approach to the topic. The 10 other titles in the Physical Science for Children series are: All About Electricity, All About Flight, All About Forces & Gravity, All About Light, All About Motion & Balance, All About Properties of Matter, All About Simple Machines, All About Sound, All About Waves and All About Solids, Liquids & Gases.
School Library Journal (May 2000)
K-Gr 4 - Magnets have always held a strange attraction for children. This live-action video shows how magnets work. The female narrator discusses what a magnet will and will not stick to, and then takes it down to the atomic level to show why. North and south poles on a magnet are explained, as well as the fact that opposites attract and likes repel. Magnetic fields are introduced and shown using iron filings. Many types of magnets are presented including lodestones, permanent magnets, temporary magnets, and electromagnets. Real-life applications of magnets are shown. Several simple science experiments are demonstrated. The video points out that the Earth itself is a giant magnet, and that without magnets our lives would be very different. Key points are reviewed and reinforced. This interesting and well-organized video teaches useful information in a clear and concise manner. It would be a valuable addition to primary science units.
Copyright 2000 School Library Journal. Used with permission.