We love our Moms!

Today we talked about our mothers and how special they are to us! We are so thankful for such amazing people in our lives and we want to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day!

(be sure your child gives you the card they made for you today)  

“Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.” —Gail Tsukiyama

I had students complete the following statement about their mom today....

I love you because....

Magnetism

We are currently learning all about magnets and this week students learned ways to make an electromagnet stronger. There are 3 ways and students learned these quickly when trying to create their own. 

Electromagnets

When an electric current flows in a wire it creates a magnetic field around the wire.

By winding the wire into a coil we can strengthen the magnetic field. Electromagnets are made from coils like this.

Making an electromagnet stronger

We can make an electromagnet stronger by doing these things:

• wrapping the coil around an iron core
• adding more turns to the coil
• increasing the current flowing through the coil.