What’s on the Magnets poster
A definition and 6 facts worth remembering.
A magnet pulls on some metals without touching them. That invisible pull is a force.
- Magnets attract iron, steel, nickel and cobalt.
- They do NOT attract aluminium, copper, gold or silver.
- They do not attract wood, plastic, glass or paper at all.
- Every magnet has a north pole and a south pole.
- Opposite poles attract. Like poles push each other away.
- The force works through paper, water and a hand.
- Not all metal is magnetic — a drinks can does not stick, but a tin of beans does.
Earth is itself a giant magnet. That is why a compass needle always finds north.
Questions about the Magnets poster
- What’s on the Magnets poster?
- A definition and 6 facts worth remembering. A magnet pulls on some metals without touching them. That invisible pull is a force. Magnets attract iron, steel, nickel and cobalt.; They do NOT attract aluminium, copper, gold or silver.; They do not attract wood, plastic, glass or paper at all.; Every magnet has a north pole and a south pole.; Opposite poles attract. Like poles push each other away.; The force works through paper, water and a hand.; Not all metal is magnetic — a drinks can does not stick, but a tin of beans does.. Earth is itself a giant magnet. That is why a compass needle always finds north.
- Who is the Magnets poster for?
- Magnets is filed under 2nd Grade (ages 7–8), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting science, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Magnets poster?
- Test everything in a drawer. The results will surprise them. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Magnets belongs on the wall where that science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Magnets?
- Food Chains, Habitats and Life Cycle of a Chicken sit alongside Magnets in the 2nd Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Food ChainsHabitatsLife Cycle of a Chicken
- Is the Magnets poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Magnets downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 2nd Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Magnets poster print at?
- Magnets is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Magnets loses nothing.Printing guide
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