Science Forces and Magnets Year 3 Planning and Resources

A full Science Forces and Magnets unit plan and resources for Year 3. This resources includes all activities, poerpoints and smartboard files and a pre and post assessment.

This planning covers the following NC objectives:
Compare how things move on different surfaces.
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.

Working Scientifically objectives
Asking relevant questions and use different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
Making systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking accurate measurements using standard units, using a
range of equipment, including thermometers and data loggers
Setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests

Gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions
Record findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables
Using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings
Identifying differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes