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 9 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.
Notes fall off the whiteboard
Two toy carriages keep coming apart
The classroom door swings open in a draught
A cupboard door will not stay closed
A.Magnets at each end so they hold together
B.A magnetic catch to hold it shut
C.A magnetic strip on the frame
D.Magnets to hold the paper against the steel
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Steel pins are hard to pick out of a tin
Screws get lost on the workshop floor
Steel paperclips get mixed into the sand tray
A fridge list keeps blowing off
A.A magnet on a stick to sweep them up
B.A magnet dragged through to lift them out
C.A magnet holding it to the door
D.A magnet lowered into the tin
LessonPrint · 3-PS2-4 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — A Job for a Magnet
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Notes fall off the whiteboard — D (Magnets to hold the paper against the steel) 2. Two toy carriages keep coming apart — A (Magnets at each end so they hold together) 3. The classroom door swings open in a draught — B (A magnetic catch to hold it shut) 4. A cupboard door will not stay closed — C (A magnetic strip on the frame)
2.1. Steel pins are hard to pick out of a tin — D (A magnet lowered into the tin) 2. Screws get lost on the workshop floor — A (A magnet on a stick to sweep them up) 3. Steel paperclips get mixed into the sand tray — B (A magnet dragged through to lift them out) 4. A fridge list keeps blowing off — C (A magnet holding it to the door)
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.