Beginner
30 mins
Teacher/Student led
+70 XP
Teacher-led from the board — pupils need no device

Magnets Help Us

You explore everyday jobs magnets do like holding pictures on fridges or closing bags. At stations you try them and discuss if they are holding, catching or closing. Then share one way a magnet helps us.

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    1 - Getting Started ~3 mins

    Illustration for Getting StartedLook! This picture is stuck on without sticky tape. What do you think is holding it?

    2 - Magnets That Help Us ~3 mins

    A magnet job is a useful thing a magnet does to help us. Look at our magnet. Is it holding something?

    3 - Magnet Jobs Stations ~13 mins

    Illustration for Magnet jobs stationsVisit the magnet stations with your group. At each one, try the magnet and talk about the job it is doing. Is it holding, closing, or catching?

    4 - What Job Did You Notice? ~5 mins

    Sit ready. Tell us one magnet job you noticed. Was the magnet holding, closing, or catching?

    5 - How Magnets Help Us ~4 mins

    Think with a partner: say one way a magnet helps us. Then we will share one idea with the class.

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