Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Understand that forces are pushes and pulls which can make things move, stop or change shape.
• Set up and conduct a comparative fair test, record measurements and discuss results.
• Use the skill of measuring and comparing of length in a practical setting.

Activities

1. Play a game in teams to explore all the different ways forces can act on a variety of everyday objects.
2. Classify each action as either a push, a pull or both.
3. Conduct a fair test to compare the movement of vehicles on different surfaces.

Investigation - fair testing, problem solving
P&L need help with a racing car game. Test out a toy vehicle on different surfaces to see which racing track (slope) gives the longest run.
Year 3 - Record measurements in a given table.
Year 4 - Use the median of 3 measurements and draw own results table.

Vocabulary
Force, push, pull, prediction, fair test, investigate, measure, friction