Information about the different types of magnets and their safety measures, together with activities that demonstrate the properties of magnetism and information on the everyday use of magnets.

An activity where children use a magnet and everyday items to a make a compass.

In this issue we suggest an exciting way to display the fruits of your cultivating efforts on a map of the world, a circuits project using a membrane panel switch. There is also an update on guidance from the HSE regarding asbestos in WW1 artefacts and an exciting new D&T primary course from CLEAPSS.

Magnet activities and the science of magnetism, safety with neodymium magnets and iron filings, why we teach magnetism and what the learning might look like.