Preview: Magnets Worksheet
2 pages🧲 Magnets — Attract & Repel
🧲 Magnet Basics
north & south ends
opposites pull together
same poles push apart
iron, nickel, steel
itself is a giant magnet!
📖 Reading Passage
A magnet 🧲 is a special object that pulls certain metals. Every magnet has two poles: north (N) and south (S). Opposite poles attract (N + S pull together). Same poles repel (N + N push apart). Magnets attract iron, nickel, and steel — but not wood, plastic, or paper. Earth itself is a giant magnet! A compass 🧭 works because its needle is magnetic and always points north.
❓ Comprehension Questions
🧲 Magnetic or Not?
Circle YES if a magnet would attract it, NO if it would not.
⬅️➡️ Attract or Repel?
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About This Magnets Worksheet
This free printable magnets worksheet introduces core science concepts through observation, classification, and simple inquiry. Students connect vocabulary to the real world with examples they can see and touch.
What Students Will Learn
Students learn to observe carefully, classify objects and living things, and explain basic scientific concepts in their own words. They practice the inquiry cycle — observe, ask, predict, and check — that underlies all science.
How Teachers Can Use This Worksheet
- Live demonstration: Open with a simple demonstration or real object related to the topic so students observe before they label.
- Sorting station: Have students sort pictures or objects into categories before completing the worksheet, activating prior knowledge.
- Vocabulary check: Ask students to explain each new term in their own words, not just repeat the definition.
How Parents and Homeschoolers Can Use This Worksheet
Explore science in everyday life — talk about the weather, plants, animals, and how things work. Try simple experiments like freezing water or growing a seed. Asking "what do you notice?" builds the observation habit at the heart of science.
Skills Covered
scientific observation · vocabulary · classification · understanding concepts · critical thinking