Useful magnets.

Activity sheet to support work in Yr3 NC science unit on Forces & Magnets. Pictures depict examples of common uses of magnets that pupils can identify at school or home. Extract from Science4Me 2nd edition unit on Forces & Magnets.
The full unit can be purchased for £3.00. Activities comprise: Recognising push, pull and twisting forces, Understanding where and how friction is useful or a hindrance, Predicting which surface will have the least friction, Labelling a diagram and verbally describing how an investigation is done, Understanding what makes a fair test, Interpreting test data, Looking after magnets, labelling a diagram, Finding out what materials are attracted to a magnet, Completing a table of results, Describing what happens when the poles of magnets come into close proximity, Using the words pushed and pulled to describe how magnets attract or repel, Identifying everyday uses for magnets, Using the properties of magnets to play a game, Knowing the points of a compass, Using a compass, Plotting fields around magnets using iron filings and Practising vocabulary – magnetic forces word search.