A Job for a Magnet is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on defining a design problem that magnets could solve, aligned to Common Core standard 3-PS2-4. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 16 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
A Job for a Magnet
3-PS2-4
NameDate
Draw a line from each problem to the magnet solution.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Screws get lost on the workshop floor
Notes fall off the whiteboard
A fridge list keeps blowing off
The classroom door swings open in a draught
A.Magnets to hold the paper against the steel
B.A magnet holding it to the door
C.A magnet on a stick to sweep them up
D.A magnetic catch to hold it shut
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Steel pins are hard to pick out of a tin
Steel paperclips get mixed into the sand tray
Two toy carriages keep coming apart
A cupboard door will not stay closed
A.A magnet dragged through to lift them out
B.A magnet lowered into the tin
C.Magnets at each end so they hold together
D.A magnetic strip on the frame
LessonPrint · 3-PS2-4 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — A Job for a Magnet
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Screws get lost on the workshop floor — C (A magnet on a stick to sweep them up) 2. Notes fall off the whiteboard — A (Magnets to hold the paper against the steel) 3. A fridge list keeps blowing off — B (A magnet holding it to the door) 4. The classroom door swings open in a draught — D (A magnetic catch to hold it shut)
2.1. Steel pins are hard to pick out of a tin — B (A magnet lowered into the tin) 2. Steel paperclips get mixed into the sand tray — A (A magnet dragged through to lift them out) 3. Two toy carriages keep coming apart — C (Magnets at each end so they hold together) 4. A cupboard door will not stay closed — D (A magnetic strip on the frame)
More practice for 3-PS2-4
Define a problem that magnets could solve.
Teaching this next? A Job for a Magnet is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.