Magnetic Materials
Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others
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Teaching Table
Set out your lesson
Predict and test magnet attraction without assuming every metal is magnetic.
Ask the learner to explain one prerequisite idea before starting. If uncertain, revisit it; graph order is not learner readiness.
Check readiness rather than assuming source graph order establishes attainment.
Optional large intact classroom magnets and adult-checked objects: steel spoon, steel paperclip, wooden stick, plastic lid, copper wire, aluminium foil. No small powerful magnets; keep magnets away from electronics/medical devices. If safe materials absent, use cards only and mark test pending.
Use the supplied stage cards on screen or scrap paper; adult key stays separate.
Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.
What this lesson covers and its limits
These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.
- partial: Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others
Bounded objective: Predict and test magnet attraction without assuming every metal is magnetic. Real testing conditional; no nickel sample supplied. Do not claim six tests from the empty recording sheet.
- partial: Demonstrate that magnets attract some materials (iron, steel, nickel) but not others (wood, plastic, copper)
Supplied example plus conditional household test; no nickel specimen.
- partial: Show that two magnets can either attract (pull together) or repel (push apart)
Actual attraction/repulsion conditional on safe equipment and observation.
- partial: Test at least six objects and correctly predict which are magnetic
Six recording rows provided; count only tests actually done, not expected outcomes.
- partial: Can {{name}} test a magnet on different objects around the house and predict which ones will stick?
Try offers conditional-investigation for the bounded objective; it does not establish every part of the source assessment. Real testing conditional; no nickel sample supplied. Do not claim six tests from the empty recording sheet.
Real testing conditional; no nickel sample supplied. Do not claim six tests from the empty recording sheet.
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Learning resources
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Check understanding
- Demonstrate that magnets attract some materials (iron, steel, nickel) but not others (wood, plastic, copper)
- Show that two magnets can either attract (pull together) or repel (push apart)
- Test at least six objects and correctly predict which are magnetic
“Can your child test a magnet on different objects around the house and predict which ones will stick?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Forces & Motion
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
Standards