Magnetic moves

Magnetic moves addresses AC Science Understanding ACSSU076 Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance, in the context of magnetism.

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Magnetic moves provides students with hands-on opportunities to:

• identify the materials that magnets attract
• explore how magnets exert a force on certain objects and how that force affects the object
• consider how the pull of magnetism is different from the pull of gravity
• inquire about magnet poles and magnetic fields, and the distance at which they act on objects

Students apply their new learning by:

• designing, making, and testing a game that uses forces, including magnetic force, to work

Linking science with literacy

In the Primary Connections approach, students are supported to create representations that draw on and strengthen their literacy development. In Magnetic moves, students represent and explain their understanding about how forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance, by creating these representations:

• Annotated diagram
• Data table
• Factual text
• Force-arrow diagram
• Ideas map
• Labelled diagram
• Procedural text
• TWLH Chart
• Word wall

This is a classic Primary Connections sequence aligned with the Australian Curriculum V8.4. It is only available as a downloadable package.

The Magnetic moves sequence package includes all the resources you need to teach this sequence, including:

• The Magnetic moves unit PDF
• Equipment list
• Australian Curriculum v8.4 alignment
• Student eResource sheets
• Assessment resources:
  • Assessment rubrics
  • Work samples
  • Student self-assessment
  • Achievement standard class checklist

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