Teaching kids about robotics gives them valuable skills ... it instead uses electromagnets mounted on servo arms to get around. Switching the magnets on and off, and moving the servos in time ...
RoSPA has information about magnet safety. This short film is suitable for teaching science at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2nd Level in Scotland.
Pupils could also use newspaper, magazines and computers to make their own funky fridge magnets and then sell them at a school event. This short film will be relevant for teaching primary design ...