M1.

          Award ONE mark for correctly attributing properties of the TWO metal objects:

•        steel and copper both correct.

 
is attracted is not
 
attracted

wooden pencil  

steel safety pin  

     

     

copper wire  

[given]
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          Award ONE mark for correctly attributing properties of the

TWO non-metal objects:

•        plastic and cardboard both correct.

 
is attracted is not
 
attracted

wooden pencil  

     

plastic bead  

cardboard box  

     

[given]
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M2.          (a)     Award ONE mark for an upward arrow drawn anywhere on the diagram:

(b)     Award ONE mark for a recognition that the paper clip will fall:
it will go down;
it lands on the table
Do not give credit for an insufficient response:
it will stay on the string;
the thread will drop down.
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(c)          Award ONE mark for:

 

   

steel pin  

(d)     Award ONE mark for an indication that like poles repel:

•    magnets repel each other when you hold two like poles together;

•    like poles repel;

•    he must have put North to North/South to South;

•    he put the same ends/poles close to each other;

•    he put the same/red ends together.

          Allow:
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     Do not give credit for an insufficient response:
•    the magnetic force pushes the other magnet away
     [repetition of stem];
•    he must have put red to red [no reference to ends/poles];
•    they do not attract [this does not necessarily imply
repulsion].
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E2.          Exploring magnetism

(a)     This question required children to draw an arrow to show the direction of the force of
the magnet on the paperclip. Three quarters of children were able to do this, with
about half of those at level 3 and three quarters of those at levels 4 and 5 gaining
credit. The most common error was to draw the force downwards towards the
paperclip, a response given by one-fifth of those at level 3 and just over one-tenth of
those at levels 4 and 5.

(b)     In this question children were asked to describe what happened to the paperclip
when the magnet was moved away. Three-quarters gained credit, including half of
those at level 3 and over two-thirds of those at levels 4 and 5. There was a range of
incorrect responses given by small numbers of children, for example over a tenth of
children at level 3 said there would be no change to the position of the paperclip.

(c)     In this question most children were able to identify the steel pin as made of a metal
which would be attracted to a magnet. Four-fifths of children at level 3 and almost all
those at levels 4 and 5 gained credit. Almost one-fifth of those achieving level 3
chose aluminium foil suggesting they were not clear about magnetic and non-
magnetic metals.

(d)     This question required children to explain why one magnet pushed another away.
Just over half of children offered a credit worthy response. About one-tenth of
children at level 3, two-fifths of those at level 4 and over four-fifths of those at level 5
made a creditworthy response. The most common non-creditworthy response, given
by a quarter of children achieving level 3 and a fifth of those achieving level 4, was
to repeat what was given in the question by stating that that one magnet pushes the
other away.

 
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