Forces and Magnets Year 3 Science Booklet | KS2 Contact & Non-Contact Forces, Magnetic Materials, Attraction, Repulsion

Year 3 Forces and Magnets booklet. KS2 Science: contact and non-contact forces, magnetic materials, attraction, repulsion, poles. UK curriculum.

The Year 3 Forces and Magnets unit introduces learners to the difference between contact forces (push, pull, friction) and non-contact forces (magnetism), and to the predictable behaviour of magnetic poles. This booklet gives learners structured tasks for classifying materials, testing magnetic interactions, and predicting whether poles will attract or repel — building the foundation for Year 5 Forces and KS3 Physics.

What's inside:

• Contact and non-contact forces: pushes, pulls, friction (contact) vs magnetism and gravity (non-contact)
• Magnetic materials: testing common materials (iron, steel, aluminium, copper, plastic, wood) for magnetic responses
• Why only some metals are magnetic (iron, nickel, cobalt) — at age-appropriate level
• Magnetic poles: north and south poles of a bar magnet, identifying them on diagrams
• Attraction and repulsion: like poles repel, opposite poles attract — prediction tasks
• Investigations: testing materials, predicting outcomes with magnet combinations
• Diagrams to label, classification tables, and short writing prompts learners can complete independently

UK National Curriculum reference: Year 3 Science, Forces and Magnets. Aligned to the statutory requirements: compare how things move on different surfaces; notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance; observe how magnets attract or repel each other; compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet; describe magnets as having two poles; predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other.

Who it's for: Year 3 class teachers planning the Forces and Magnets unit, primary science leads, primary science tutors, parents supporting their child's Year 3 science learning, and homeschool families on the UK national curriculum.

Pair with the free video: The WHOLE Year 3 Forces And Magnets Unit — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzTn3O_AZFI

Read the blog post: How Gap-Fill Worksheets Support Adaptive Learning in Science — https://advisoryscience.com/blog/retrieval-adaptive-learning-resources/why-gap-fill-worksheets-transform-adaptive-learning-in-science

Want the matching practice? Year 3 Forces and Magnets Workbook — https://advisoryscience.com/b/year-3-forces-and-magnets-workbook-ks2-science-made-easy

Related Year 3 booklets: Plants, Animals Including Humans, Light, Rocks, The Bee Project.

Related KS2 retrieval resources: Year 3 Science Gap Fill Pack, Year 3 Science Vocabulary Match, Year 3 Science Frayer Models.

Made by an award-winning science educator with 25+ years of teaching experience. Used by 150+ UK schools. Instant download, A4 PDF, print-ready.

Licence: digital product. Personal/classroom use only. Print copies for your own child/children or your class; not for sharing on school drives, WhatsApp groups, social media, or resellers.

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