This is a common conflation. Children know that magnets are associated with a magnetic force and that there is magnetism...

Teaching Guidance 5-11 11-14

Some pupils will argue that air is needed to enable magnets to attract and repel each other.

Teaching Guidance 5-11 11-14

The classification of materials into electrical conductors and insulators in primary school suggests to children that metals...

Teaching Guidance 5-11 11-14