This box has everything you need to introduce the magnets topic in Science to Year 3!
Curriculum links
Year 3 Science Magnets and Forces
- notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance
- observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others
- 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
- describe magnets as having two poles
- predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing.
What’s in the box?
Our box contains a variety of different magnets including:
- Two pole magnets
- Levitating magnets
- Marble magnets
- Extra strong magnets
- Permanent magnet wires
- Iron filings
Download the complete contents list here.
Careers links
Download The radiologist poster
This “I bet you didn’t know…” article from the Primary Science Teaching Trust explains how scientists have created sub-millimetre soft magnetic robots that can travel through small vessels inside the body.
