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 20 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.
The classroom door swings open in a draught
Notes fall off the whiteboard
A cupboard door will not stay closed
Steel paperclips get mixed into the sand tray
A.Magnets to hold the paper against the steel
B.A magnetic strip on the frame
C.A magnet dragged through to lift them out
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
Two toy carriages keep coming apart
A fridge list keeps blowing off
Screws get lost on the workshop floor
A.A magnet lowered into the tin
B.A magnet on a stick to sweep them up
C.A magnet holding it to the door
D.Magnets at each end so they hold together
LessonPrint · 3-PS2-4 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — A Job for a Magnet
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The classroom door swings open in a draught — D (A magnetic catch to hold it shut) 2. Notes fall off the whiteboard — A (Magnets to hold the paper against the steel) 3. A cupboard door will not stay closed — B (A magnetic strip on the frame) 4. Steel paperclips get mixed into the sand tray — C (A magnet dragged through to lift them out)
2.1. Steel pins are hard to pick out of a tin — A (A magnet lowered into the tin) 2. Two toy carriages keep coming apart — D (Magnets at each end so they hold together) 3. A fridge list keeps blowing off — C (A magnet holding it to the door) 4. Screws get lost on the workshop floor — B (A magnet on a stick to sweep them up)
More practice for 3-PS2-4
Define a problem that magnets could solve.
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