These are the buttons for going to teacher resources.
Above right is the search button. You can get to this 'toolkit' screen from the search, too. Most useful when students have a specific word in mind.
This is the main textbook. It opens in a new tab or window. To close the book, close the tab or window. On a mobile you can swipe to turn pages and also pull corners. On the top right there is a button for searching within the book. You can also zoom in on a page and drag the page to where you want it. Some books have videos embedded.

If there is an 'explorer' book opposite with a similar title it is also a textbook, but with a 2 year reading level lower than the main book.
These creative topics books cover specific topics and reinforce the main book. Use them as further reading, or when more detail is needed for project work.

The books are colour banded using a system of reading ability levels as is standard across British schools. If there are coloured dots, they tell of reading level and also guide you as to how hard the subject matter is: the more dots the harder it is.
This is the interactive topic. It covers the same ground as the book, but with less text and it focuses on read-outs. Suited to whiteboards as well as individual use. Each text passage can be read out and stopped by mouseover or tap. There is a question with interactive answer. Especially helps those with reading challenges.
This is the video gallery. It contains all of the videos in the i-topic and more. You can use this if you wish to manage videos rather than have them as part of the i-topic.
This is an interactive audio-visual experience. It contains a wide variety of topics to help students approach a topic in a less formal way. They select items and hear them read out. Copyright restrictions apply: the material cannot be used in other websites.
These are additional resources, such as topic books.
  • Statutory programme of study.

• The books below cover the ground needed for each statutory requirement.

• If you need guidance on how to teach the topic, take the academy course by clicking the 'Lessons' icon. (Also suited to parent use.)

• Remember you can enhance this by using our safe search. For example, search friction, magnet.
• Also remember each book has its own search, top right immediately above the page.
• For teacher guides and more visit the academy links.

Year 3 has the following 5 themes. This page is about Forces and magnets.

1. Plants

2. Animals including humans

3. Rocks and soils

4. Light

5. Forces and magnets (this page; scroll down)

5. Forces including magnets

• (a) compare how things move on different surfaces
Additional note: gravity is another force that works without objects touching (i.e. magnets are not the only 'invisible, non-contact' forces, and if students find the idea of magnetism difficult, it might be helpful to show that the world of gravity – which they are used to – is a non-contact force.)

Text books and academy to use:


The whole book.

The whole textbook.

The whole book (a reader)


Additional reading books to use:



• (b) notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance • observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others


Text books and academy to use:


Specially written book for this topic.

Simple, pages 14-23.

Additional reading books to use:


• (c) compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials.


Text books and academy to use:


Specially written book for this topic.

Simple.

Additional reading books to use:


• (d) describe magnets as having two poles • predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing. Everyday use of magnets.


Text books and academy to use:


Specially written book for this topic.

Simple.






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