Y3 Forces and Magnets L4 Magnetic or Non-magnetic?

Content Name

Y3 Forces and Magnets L4 Magnetic or Non-magnetic?

Content Type

Partner Content

Description

Learning Objectives: To know that some everyday materials are magnetic and some are non-magnetic. To know that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance. To observe how magnets attract some materials and not others. Working Scientifically: To gather, record, classify and present data in a variety of ways. To ask relevant questions. To report on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations.

Curriculum

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  Key Stage 2

  Years:

  Year 3

  Subjects:

  • Science

  Topics:

  • Forces and magnets
  • Working scientifically

  Programmes of Study:

  • compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials
  • notice that some forces need contact between 2 objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance
  • observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others
  • gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions
  • asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
  • reporting on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions

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