Through these activities, students increase their understanding of circuits and switches while also enhancing their problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Unit Kit comes with a Teacher's Guide, a Teacher's Tools CD, 15 reusable Student Activity Books, 8 copies of STC BOOK™: Magnets and Motors, and the materials needed for a class of 30. Added value: 8 KIDS DISCOVER Nonfiction Readers. Refurbishment Set replenishes kit consumables. To view the complete kit parts list, go to www.carolinacurriculum.com/STC/item_order_form.asp.

Using a series of hands-on experiments, students investigate the properties of magnets and the magnetic properties of electric currents. Students experience the historical development of our understanding of magnets. Student activities include

• Making a compass.
• Building electromagnets and conducting experiments to test their strength.
• Constructing and operating 2 types of rudimentary electric motors to illustrate one of the major applications of electromagnetism.
• Disassembling, experimenting with, and rebuilding a commercial electric motor to see how its components correspond with those of the motors students constructed.
• Producing electricity with an electric generator to light a bulb and turn a motor.

The Two-Use Kit comes with all of the great materials you'd expect from the STC PROGRAM™, along with a box containing the materials for a second non-concurrent use. All you need to do is set the box aside until you are ready for it.