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Contact and Non-Contact Forces

Discover the difference between contact and non-contact forces! This lesson explores pushes, pulls, and magnetic forces, showing how magnets can exert force without direct contact.
contact and non contact forces
Description

By the end of this unit, learners will:

  • learn about forces that require contact (pushes and pulls);
  • explore examples of non-contact forces, focusing on magnetic forces;
  • understand how magnetic forces can act at a distance without direct contact.

Year 3 Science: Forces and magnets

  • notice that some forces need contact between 2 objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance.

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