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