This online resource introduces magnetism as a non-contact force.

The resource provides strategies for teaching younger students and discusses everyday experiences of students and how they compare to scientific knowledge, and provides activities to complete with your class.

Magnets pull or push on objects without touching them. The underpinning science concepts include:

• Magnets are only attracted to a few ‘magnetic’ metals and not all matter,
• Magnets are attracted to and repel other magnets.

New Australian Curriculum 9 Codes: AC9S4U03 (Year 4)