Forces and Magnets 10 Lesson Scheme of Work Year 3 or Year 4 with all resources

A plan and resources for 10 lessons, including practical investigations into friction and magnets.

Learning objectives covered:
To introduce forces and find out what children already know about forces
To observe that some forces need contact between two objects
To recognise a force as a push or a pull.
To use arrows to show the direction of a force
To identify gravity as the force that pulls objects towards Earth.
To investigate forces
To describe magnets as having two poles.
To predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing.
To explore the use of magnets (and compasses)
To recognise that all magnetic objects are made of metal but that not all metals are magnetic.
To plan and carry out tests to find out the strength of different magnets.
To observe that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance.
To observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials but not others.