What a Magnet Will Pull is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on which objects a magnet pulls across a gap and which it does not, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-PS2-3. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 24 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.
What a Magnet Will Pull
3-PS2-3
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Sort each object into pulled or not pulled.
1.Sort each one: The magnet pulled it or The magnet did not pull it?
Sort: An iron nail, A plastic button, A steel thumbtack, An aluminum drinks can
The magnet pulled itThe magnet did not pull it
2.Sort each one: The magnet pulled it or The magnet did not pull it?
Sort: A pinch of iron filings, A glass marble, A steel paperclip, A rubber band
The magnet pulled itThe magnet did not pull it
3.Sort each one: The magnet pulled it or The magnet did not pull it?
Sort: A brass key, A steel bottle top, A wooden lolly stick, A steel safety pin
The magnet pulled itThe magnet did not pull it
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Answer key — What a Magnet Will Pull
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A plastic button — The magnet did not pull it 2. A steel thumbtack — The magnet pulled it 3. An aluminum drinks can — The magnet did not pull it 4. An iron nail — The magnet pulled it
2.1. A glass marble — The magnet did not pull it 2. A pinch of iron filings — The magnet pulled it 3. A rubber band — The magnet did not pull it 4. A steel paperclip — The magnet pulled it
3.1. A brass key — The magnet did not pull it 2. A steel bottle top — The magnet pulled it 3. A steel safety pin — The magnet pulled it 4. A wooden lolly stick — The magnet did not pull it
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-PS2-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.