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Forces
This film follows Dr Simon Foster, from Imperial College, as he discusses the topic of forces in various contexts. Working with a class they design and make water rockets thinking about the forces needed to make them fly and how to protect the contents of the rockets when they land.
This film provides an...
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Forces - Mass, Weight and Gravity
In this resource from Teachers TV, Year Six teacher Zoe Lowe teaches a lesson on the difficult concepts of mass, weight and gravity. She uses balls to represent the Earth and Moon, and a soft toy, Astrobear, to visually show and aid understanding of the concept of gravity. Through a paired talk exercise, the...
Forces - Pushes, Pulls and Friction
From Teachers TV, this video is part of the Lesson Starters series. It contains five short video clips that can be used to generate interest and class discussion on forces, movement, pushes, pulls and friction.
The short clips illustrate: • The pushing and pulling forces exerted on a canoeing trip •...
Forces - Rocket Launch
This starter clip from Teachers TV demonstrates how much air pressure is needed to move objects of varying size. Scientist Dr Mark Biddiss constructs a makeshift launch pad, watched by children from Orion Primary School in north London. The air volumes are changed to project small, medium-sized and large bottles...
Forces 11-14
From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of: * Forces - a way of looking at the world * Contact forces * Non-contact forces Each topic is explored from the following perspectives: • The physics narrative explains the...
Forces Air Resistance
In the STEAM activity pupils will use their understanding of air resistance to design and make a parachute for a pilot. Pupils will use a range of materials and test their parachutes before recording and analysing the data. This resource is part of a series of resources produced by Rolls Royce and covers key areas...
Forces and Air Resistance
Aimed at Key Stage Two this resource, produced by Rolls-Royce contains five activities related to the topic area of forces. Children look at friction, how the force of air resistance affects moving objects, pushing and pulling and directions in which forces act. Each activity includes worksheets and teacher...
Understanding Science is a series of topic-based study books for Key Stage 2, providing comprehensive coverage of key subject areas. Forces & Electricity covers the following topics: electricity and circuits,...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.