As part of our launch for our ‘The Iron Man’ topic, we investigated whether or not we could extract the iron from breakfast cereal. We began by crushing cornflakes into a powder, and the dissolving in warm water. We then used magnets to try and draw out the iron. We discovered that this was possible and that it took patience! Some teams were more successful than others but we really enjoyed our experiment.

We also realised that magnets can exert a force through other materials, and from a distance, both important concepts in our Science work this term.