Year 9 · Science · beta

Magnets and electromagnets

This unit explores magnetism, including magnetic poles, fields, and Earth’s magnetism, along with the principles of electromagnets and DC motors. It focuses on conducting precise scientific enquiries and identifying variables and emphasises accuracy, repeatability, and reproducibility.

This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.

Prior knowledge

  • Magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others.
  • Magnets have two poles and two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing.
  • A battery pushes electric charge (electrons) one way round a complete circuit.
  • An ammeter is used to measure the size of an electric current.
  • Electric current is measured in amps (A), which is short for ampere.
  • The current in a series circuit is the same everywhere.

Source curriculum references

  • Pay attention to objectivity and concern for accuracy, precision, repeatability and reproducibility
  • Select, plan and carry out the most appropriate types of scientific enquiries to test predictions, including identifying independent, dependent and control variables
  • Magnetic poles, attraction and repulsion
  • Magnetic fields by plotting with compass, representation by field lines
  • Earth’s magnetism, compass and navigation
  • The magnetic effect of a current, electromagnets, DC motors (principles only)

Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.

Loading lessons…