Wiltshire E-learning/science/ks1forces

Wiltshire E-Learning Project

Curriculum Area: Science

KS1

Learning Objective

Forces and motion

These activities are designed to supplement work done in science and should always be accompanied by some practical investigation

Software - Websites - Activities

Generic:

Espresso

Physical processes 2. Pupils should be taught

a) to find out about, and describe the movement of, familiar things [for example, cars going faster, slowing down, changing direction]

Children explore toy cars rolling down a ramp and record the results into prepared spreadsheets and produce block graphs.

Graphplot

b) that both pushes and pulls are examples of forces

Investigate pushes and pulls www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips
www.e-schools.co.uk/revision/science
Clicker 4 resources	Push and Pull
	Push and Pull 2
www.learninggrids.com/uk/
Slide show about pushes and pulls in toys www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/toy_forces

c) to recognise that when things speed up, slow down or change direction, there is a cause [for example, a push or a pull].