In this topic you will learn about how the world is made up of the same basic building blocks. Some objects are attracted to magnets. Other objects are not.
Magnets attract some items made of metal.
A metal is a shiny material found in the ground. Many of the items that magnets attract are made from the metals iron and steel. Magnets attract objects made from some other metals, too. Objects made from iron and steel have the property of magnetism. Magnetism is the property of an object that makes it attract iron and some other metals.