Magnetic or Non-Magnetic Things

- Grades
- Preschool–2, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Science, Basic Science
- Topic
- magnets, magnetic things
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
About this resource
What's inside this resource
Magnetic or Non-Magnetic Things is a great resource to use as formative assessment or exit tickets.
Ready to use for students to cut and paste things according to whether they are magnetic or not and also to mark each thing accordingly.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Predict whether an object will be attracted to a magnet
Test and classify objects by magnetic response
Compare a prediction with observed evidence
Teaching tips
Let learners predict first, then test comparable real objects.
Discuss that material composition matters more than an object’s size.
Skills covered
Magnetism — attraction distinguishes selected materials.
Classification — objects are sorted by response.
Scientific testing — predictions can be checked with a magnet.
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Magnetic and non-magnetic
Magnetism sorting
Science classification
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