The invention relates to a preparation method of a magnetic ferric alginate mesoporous carbon microsphere capable of adsorbing heavy metal elements. The method comprises the steps that a sodium alginate saturated solution and urea are used for preparing an SAC precursor solution, a ferric alginate microsphere is synthesized through an ionic crosslinking method, and by means of vacuum freezing andhigh-temperature cracking methods, the magnetic ferric alginate mesoporous carbon microsphere (MAMC) with the surface to which nano-iron oxide is attached is obtained. Accordingly, preparation is easy, practicability is high, heat stability is good, and the adsorbing effect of the material on a water body As(III) and As(V) is good; the microsphere (MAMC) has superparamagnetism, separation of solute and solvent under external magnetic field interference can be achieved, therefore, heavy metal ions and materials can be stripped out of the water body after the material is adsorbed and saturated,and heavy metal secondary pollution is greatly avoided. In addition, the MAMC material is high in regeneration capacity and can be recycled multiple times, by conducing desorption and regeneration forfour times, the adsorption rate of the MAMC on As(III) is kept at 90%, and the cyclic utilization rate of the adsorbing material is further increased.