Students explore the concept that magnets attract and repel items and exert a magnetic field that can vary in strength. They see evidence of the magnetic field of a small magnet. They see that there are forces on earth which cannot be seen.

In this online interactive magnets worksheet, students respond to 11 multiple choice questions regarding the information included in the provided paragraphs.

In this space science vocabulary activity, students read the definitions for 6 common terms. Students then look up 4 words and write the meanings. Students alphabetize the vocabulary words on another piece of paper.

Third graders solve a cryptogram by decoding a message written with wingdings.  In this decoding activity, 3rd graders solve a message related to magnetism.  Students have notes about magnets once they've finished.

The phonemic awareness activities in this packet are designed to help kids develop skills in rhyming, syllabication, blending onsets and rimes, and beginning and ending sounds. Well worth a place in your curriculum library.

Students recreate sea-floor spreading and the pattern of magnetic stripes that are created by different configurations of plate boundaries. They see how transform faults work.