Attract or Repel

Look at the list of objects below and decide whether they will be attracted or
repelled by a magnet.

Use this Venn diagram to help you sort out your ideas.
• paper clip
Will be attracted not sure Will not be attracted
• cork by the magnet by the magnet
• a rubber
• a plastic pen
• a drawing pin
• an aluminium drinks can
• some iron filings

LA: Label these diagrams

Attract or repel? Attract or repel?

 The Dancing Paperclip
Task: Make the paperclip dance across the able without touching it.

Instructions:
Describe what you would
do with this equipment to
make the paperclip dance.

Equipment
•Paper clip
•Magnet
•Table

HA Challenge:
Design a child’s game using this equipment
 Racing Conditions
A car completed 5 laps of the racing track in a week.
day weather prediction
Day 1: sunny and bright
Day 2: Raining 2 Raining
Day 3: Foggy with misty, fine rain 3 Foggy and Misty
Day 4: Misty rain
Day 5: Heavy Rain 4 Misty
5 Heavy Rain
On the sunny day the Porsche
travelled at an average speed of
110 mph.
HA Challenge:
Complete the table to show your
Why do you think cars have to
predictions for the Porsche’s speed
stop much earlier when the road
in the different weather conditions.
is very wet?
 True or False
1) False: Two like poles repel.

2) True: Opposite poles attract.

3) False: Forces are measured in Newtons (N).

4) True: Plastic is not magnetic.
5) False. Unbalanced. If the forces were balanced, the car would not move. The
force behind the car (push) must be bigger than the forces slowing it down
(pull) from the road.
6) False: Aluminium is not magnetic.
7) True: The force stopping us from floating into space is called gravity.
 Different Forces
1) Make a Door Open. 2) Make the Car Move.

Door Door

person person

Describe what you must do to road

make a door open.
Describe/show in a drawing which Describe what you must do to
forces are acting on make the car move.
the door. Describe/show in a drawing which
forces are acting on the car and
road.
 Different Forces
3) Make the Candle Light.
candle
matches
matchbox
Describe what you must do to
make the candle light.
Describe/show in a drawing which
forces are acting on the wick, the
match and the matchbox.
4) Make the Boat Float.
boat
lake
Describe what you must do to
make the boat float.
Describe/show in a drawing which
forces are acting on the boat and
the water to stop the boat from
sinking.