Year 3 - Science
Different surfaces: plan
Simple forces including magnets
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Unit Summary
This unit explores how objects move on different surfaces and examines magnetic forces, including attraction, repulsion, and magnetic materials. It covers identifying magnetic poles and predicting interactions and emphasizes practical tests, observations, and presenting findings.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to plan an investigation to compare how things move on different surfaces.
Key Notes
- Surfaces can be different, ranging from very smooth to very rough.
- A comparative test investigation can be carried out to find out how different surfaces can affect how things move.
- Scientists make decisions about how to set up and carry out investigations.
Vocabulary To Learn
- surface: The surface is the top or outside layer of something.
- rough: Rough surfaces are uneven or bumpy.
- smooth: Smooth surfaces are even.
- comparative test: In a comparative test, the thing that is being changed has labels, such as the types of materials.
- compare: We compare things by looking at what is the same and what is different.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All surfaces are only 2-dimensional. All surfaces are made by people (human-made).
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
Surfaces can be different, ranging from very smooth to very rough. A comparative test investigation can be carried out to find out how different surfaces can affect how things move.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'surface'
The surface is the top or outside layer of something. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: All surfaces are only 2-dimensional. All surfaces are made by people (human-made). Correction: Provide many examples, with images, of different types of surface including natural surfaces and 3-dimensional surfaces.
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- Contact forces Study Guide
- Different magnets and their parts Study Guide
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- Magnetic and non-magnetic materials Study Guide
- Magnetic force (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Magnetic force at a distance Study Guide
- Putting magnets together: attract or repel Study Guide
- Strongest magnet (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Using magnets to solve problems (non-statutory: Scientists and Engineers) Study Guide
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