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ScienceForces & Motionusually ages 7–9

Magnetic Poles

Describe magnets as having two poles (north and south) and predict whether two magnets will attract or repel based on which poles face each other

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Can your child hold two magnets together and explain why they sometimes snap together and sometimes push apart, based on which ends are facing?

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Magnetic Materialsages 7–8Must observe magnets attract/repel before formalising pole rules
Magnetic Polesthis skill · ages 7–9
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Magnetic Fieldsages 11–12KS3 magnetic field lines and Earth's magnetism extends KS2 magnetic poles, attraction and repulsion

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S4U03low 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

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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