Unit 6: Forces

Tell your friends about your toys that move.

Look at the picture and how things move.

How does the ball move?

How does the rope move?

How do the children move?

Observe these toys and say how they move.

Now look at other toys.

Observe them carefully.

How do they move?

Draw a picture of a toy that moves.

Will these people be able to pull this plane?

How many children could pull a plane?

Go outside the classroom.

Can you move slowly?

Can you move like a bird?

Find different ways to move.

Draw a picture of yourself moving.

Tell your friend how you move around your home.

How do you climb stairs?

How do you lie down and stand up?

Moving in space can be hard.

How is this astronaut moving?

Arun and Zara are rolling balls down a slope. Arun says: 'I predict that the red ball will not roll as far.'

Predict how far each thing will roll.

Put each thing at the top of the slope and let go.

Measure how far it moves on the floor.

Add each result to a table like this.

Which rolled the furthest?

Show your friend something in the classroom that can be safely pulled and pushed.

Ask them to show you a different thing we can pull or push.

This bulldozer is a machine. It uses a pushing force.

What other machines push and pull to make things move?

We can move things with a push or pull force.

Push and pull this science book.

Think of other things you can push and pull.

Think of something that you can't push or pull.

Look around your classroom.

Predict what things you can push or pull.

Try to push and pull these things.

Were you right?

Label them with 'push' or 'pull'.