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Forces and Magnets practice for Years 3–5
Science · Forces, Light, Sound and Electricity · Key Stage 2. How things move, shine, sound and work.
What your child will learn
- Investigate friction on different surfaces and explain how friction, air resistance and gravity affect movement.
- Describe how magnets attract and repel, and identify which materials are magnetic.
- Investigate air resistance and explain how levers, pulleys and gears let a smaller force have a greater effect.
- Explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of gravity, and identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction.
- Recognise that levers, pulleys and gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect.
- Describe magnets as having two poles and predict whether two magnets will attract or repel depending on which poles are facing.
Try some free forces and magnets questions
These are real BrightWorld questions. In the app, every question adapts to your child’s level and comes with hints and worked examples.
Question 1. Do magnets attract all metals?
- Only shiny things
- Yes, every metal
- No — mainly iron, steel, nickel and cobalt
Show the answer
No — mainly iron, steel, nickel and cobalt
Question 2. You use the end of a spoon handle to prise the lid off a tin of paint. What simple machine is the spoon acting as?
- A lever
- A gear
- A pulley
Show the answer
A lever
Question 3. On the Moon, a hammer and a feather landed together. What does this evidence show?
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- Heavy things always fall faster
- Without air resistance, objects fall at the same rate
- There is no gravity on the Moon
Show the answer
Without air resistance, objects fall at the same rate
How BrightWorld helps with forces and magnets
Children practise forces and magnets at Easy, Medium or Hard, in mixed quizzes, in the Answer Run game and inside story missions. If they get stuck, they get a hint and a worked example; if they’re flying, the questions get harder. Parents see how they’re doing in the parent area.
Practise forces and magnets in BrightWorld
BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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