will be an exciting one!  Students will review the difference between parallel and series circuits.  Teachers will finish observing students build and explain circuits before introducing our new concept, magnetism!  This week students will also begin to explore magnetism.  Students will learn about the properties of magnets.  Were are they found?  How can they be used?  What will happen if magnets are cut in half?  Students will even learn that they are living on the largest magnet - our earth!