Contact and Non-Contact Forces

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.

Curriculum Alignment: Year 3 Science: Forces and magnets

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