You Will Need

Provided Resources

• Printout of the (personalised) Letter to Class from Mr Newton
• Push/pull labels – to classify forces
• Investigation PowerPoint to introduce task
• Task sheets (1 each)

Additional Resources

• Selection of everyday items – see Furious Forces instructions for details
• A bag for each group of 4 - 5 children
• Marker pen
• 30 word display cards
• Sticky tack & masking tape
• Push/pull labels printed on card and trimmed
• A selection of toy vehicles (enough for 1 between 3)
• Thin rubber bands
• Balloons (ideally old flabby, flat ones – see Teachers’ Notes)
• Different testing surfaces (e.g. grass, tarmac, carpet, lino)

Weblinks
KS2 learner guides about forces from www.bbc.co.uk
A series of short films about magnets, gravity, friction and levers from www.bbc.co.uk