Grades 2–3
How Strong Is a Magnet?
An experiment: how many sheets of paper can a magnet pull a paper clip through?
Science worksheet · Magnets
Magnet Hunt
Walk around with a magnet and list five things it sticks to, five it does not and five to test.
- Grade level
- Grades K–2
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Magnets
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Magnetism, Predicting and testing, Attract and repel
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Take a magnet for a walk around the room. Touch it gently to things and write what you find. Stay away from computers, phones and TVs.
- Not sure: test it!
- The most surprising thing I found:
Teacher tip
Warn kids to keep magnets away from computers, phones and cards.
How to use it
- Give each table a magnet and a tray of small objects before the sheet.
- Ask kids to predict first, then test, then write.
- Start with a two-minute “I notice, I wonder” talk about the picture on the sheet.
Watch for
Kids who think all metals stick. Aluminum foil and coins usually don’t.
Talk about it
- Are all metals magnetic? How do you know?
- How could we find out if that is true?
Take it further
Make a magnet maze with a paper clip on top of a paper plate.
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More magnets worksheets
Grades K–2
Magnetic or Not?
Write ten things under magnetic or not magnetic, then finish a sentence about what magnets pull on.
Grades 1–3
Magnet Predict and Test
Guess whether eight objects will stick to a magnet, test them and write what you found out.
Grades 2–3
North and South Poles
Attract or repel? Circle what happens when two magnet poles meet, then mark four facts true or false.
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