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Year 8 · Science

Magnetism

Year 8 learners practise how magnets and electromagnets work.

The activities include Compare Magnetism to Gravity, Compare Permanent Magnets and Electromagnets, Describe the Effects of Magnetic Fields, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, video, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Compare Magnetism to Gravity
  • Compare Permanent Magnets and Electromagnets
  • Describe the Effects of Magnetic Fields
  • Explain How Bar Magnets work
  • Explain How Electromagnets Work
  • Explain how Materials become Magnetised and Demagnetised
  • Explain How to Make Magnets Using Electricity
  • Investigate Electromagnetism Experiments
  • Investigate Magnetic Fields
  • Learn About the Motor Effect
  • Revise Magnetism
  • Study the Magnetic Field of the Earth
  • Understand the Factors that Affect the Strength of an Electromagnet

Checked learning resources

  • Electromagnetism and magnetism - KS3 Physics

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    BBC Bitesize corpus page for Magnetism; supports the full activity context: In this worksheet, students will explain how to make an electromagnet, which is a magnet made using electricity. There is no magnetism if the el

  • Magnetism guide for KS3 physics students

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Discover how invisible magnetic fields can be revealed using iron filings or a compass with this guide for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize. Key points Invisible magnetic fields close magnetic field The

  • Oak: Electromagnets

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 9 science lesson. I can describe how to make a magnet using an electric current. When there is an electric current in a wire, there is a magnetic field around the wire. When there is an electric current in a coil of

  • Oak: The Magnetic Field Of A Bar Magnet

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 9 science lesson. I can plot a magnetic field around a bar magnet. The needle of a plotting compass lines up with the magnetic field of a magnet. A magnetic field line can be followed from the north–seeking pole to

  • Oak: Magnetic Poles

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 9 science lesson. I can describe how magnets can attract magnetic materials, as well as attract and repel other magnets. All magnets have a north–seeking pole and a south–seeking pole. Unlike magnetic poles attract

  • Demagnetisation by Hitting and Heating

    YouTube — TeagueTube · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Explains how heating or hammering disrupts domain alignment and removes magnetism.

  • Oak: Current Through An Electromagnet

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 9 science lesson. I can plan an experiment to test the strength of an electromagnet and explain how different factors affect the strength of an electromagnet. The more turns of wire in the coil of an electromagnet,

  • Electromagnetism guide for KS3 physics students

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Find out how an electromagnet uses an electrical current to generate a magnetic field with this guide for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize. Key points An electromagnet uses an electrical current to gener