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ScienceForces & Motionusually ages 7–8

Magnetic Materials

Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others

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Can your child test a magnet on different objects around the house and predict which ones will stick?

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Builds on
Contact & Non-Contact Forcesages 7–8Must know about non-contact forces before investigating magnetic attraction/repulsion
Magnetic Materialsthis skill · ages 7–8
Unlocks
Magnetic Polesages 7–9Must observe magnets attract/repel before formalising pole rules

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 ACARA · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S4U03medium confidenceYear 4 · Science understanding

identify how forces can be exerted by one object on another and investigate the effect of frictional, gravitational and magnetic forces on the motion of objects

AC9S2U03low confidenceYear 2 · Science understanding

recognise that materials can be changed physically without changing their material composition and explore the effect of different actions on materials including bending, twisting, stretching and breaking into smaller pieces

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S4U10medium confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Understanding strand
VC2S2U04low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand
VC2S2U11low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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