Testing Magnetic Materials
Science: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 5.1.3
Testing Magnetic Materials
You can test different thing in your home or school to see if they are magnetic. You need a magnet to test if different materials are magnetic.
Testing materials
- Put a magnet near different materials to test if they are magnetic.
- Magnetic materials will experience a force from the magnet.
- Non-magnetic materials will NOT experience a force from the magnet.
What's in magnetic objects?
- Magnetic objects contain some iron.
Test yourself on Testing Magnetic Materials
Which of these would tell you that an object is magnetic?