🎯 Learning Intention

WALT: Discover magnets attract some metals and not others.

📋 Instructions for Magnetic Mining

1. Use your magnet to "mine" iron from your sand tray

2. Separate the magnetic materials from the non-magnetic materials

3. Weigh your results and record them below

4. Test other materials to see if they are magnetic

🔍 Part 1: Magnetic Mining Results

1. How much iron did you collect from the sand?

Weight of iron collected: _______ grams

2. How much sand was left over?

Weight of remaining sand: _______ grams

3. Circle the best word to describe how well your magnet worked:

Excellent - collected lots of iron

Good - collected some iron

Poor - collected very little iron

4. What did you observe when you moved the magnet through the sand?

📊 Part 2: Classifying Materials

5. Test these materials with your magnet. Tick the boxes for materials that are attracted to the magnet:

Paper clip

Plastic ruler

Coin

Aluminium foil

Steel nail

Wooden pencil

6. Write two materials from your classroom that you predict will be magnetic:

Material 1: _________________________

Material 2: _________________________

7. Write two materials that you predict will NOT be magnetic:

Material 1: _________________________

Material 2: _________________________

8. Why do you think magnets are useful for mining iron?

9. Next time we do this experiment, which materials do you predict will be attracted to the magnet? Write your predictions:

Magnetic Mining Worksheet

Magnetic Mining Worksheet

🎯 Learning Intention

📋 Instructions for Magnetic Mining

🔍 Part 1: Magnetic Mining Results

📊 Part 2: Classifying Materials

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