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Play Forces & Magnets Lab
Compare contact and magnetic forces, predict attraction or repulsion, and interpret supplied movement-on-surfaces tests. Saving is off unless you choose it.
Recognise when magnets attract or repel and distinguish attraction from permanent magnetism. Measuring magnet strength and carrying out practical tests are not covered.
Year 3 · Science
Magnets Attract Or Repel
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Focus on how magnets attract and repel. Open support for “Explore Magnetism”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 3 learners practise how magnets attract and repel.
The activities include Explore Magnetism, Find Out How to Measure the Strength of a Magnet, Investigate Attraction and Repulsion in Magnets, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching-practice, interactive, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Explore Magnetism — support from Oak National Academy
- Find Out How to Measure the Strength of a Magnet — support from Oak National Academy
- Investigate Attraction and Repulsion in Magnets — support from Oak National Academy
- Investigate How Magnets Attract and Repel — support from Oak National Academy
- Know Facts About Magnets — support from Oak National Academy
- Look at How Magnets Attract Magnetic Objects — support from Oak National Academy
- Understand Magnetic Forces — support from Oak National Academy
- Understand the Forces of Magnetism — support from Oak National Academy
- Understand When Magnets Attract or Repel — support from Oak National Academy
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Magnetic Force At A Distance
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Strongest Magnet Non Statutory
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Putting Magnets Together Attract Or Repel
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Magnetic And Non Magnetic Materials
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Magnetic Force At A Distance lesson slides
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Year 3 Science: Magnetic Poles, Attraction and Repulsion
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Year 3 Science: Magnet Strength Investigation
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Strongest Magnet Non Statutory lesson slides
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Putting Magnets Together Attract Or Repel lesson slides
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Different Magnets And Their Parts lesson slides
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Magnetic And Non Magnetic Materials lesson slides
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Y3 Forces and Magnets: Magnetic Materials: Lesson 4
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Magnetic Force At A Distance worksheet and quizzes
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Different Magnets And Their Parts worksheet and quizzes
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Strongest Magnet Non Statutory worksheet and quizzes
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Putting Magnets Together Attract Or Repel worksheet and quizzes
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Magnetic And Non Magnetic Materials worksheet and quizzes
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