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.
Science worksheet · Magnets
Magnet Predict and Test
Guess whether eight objects will stick to a magnet, test them and write what you found out.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–3
- Time
- About 25 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:
- You need: a magnet and eight objects from around the room. Write each object, make a guess, then touch the magnet to it. Were you right?
- My guess: will it stick?
- Test: did it stick?
- What did the things that stuck have in common?
Teacher tip
Ask kids to explain any wrong prediction in a sentence. Surprises teach the most.
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?
- What question do you still have?
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
Magnet Hunt
Walk around with a magnet and list five things it sticks to, five it does not and five to test.
Grades 2–3
How Strong Is a Magnet?
An experiment: how many sheets of paper can a magnet pull a paper clip through?
Grades K–2
Magnetic or Not?
Write ten things under magnetic or not magnetic, then finish a sentence about what magnets pull on.
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