Revision as of 07:16, 30 October 2011

Outcomes

Pupils should be able to give examples for, label and name a range of forces including

• Applied Force (push/pull)
• Frictional Forces
• Normal Force (Reaction)
• Gravitational Force (Weight/gravitational pull)

Specification References

1.7 Express a force as a push or a pull of one body on another

1.8 Identify various types of force (e.g. gravitational, electrostatic etc)

Starter

Main Body of Lesson

• The force circus has now been split in half. To get through the circus I suggest talking through each station with the entire group having different pupils undertaking the experiment as you go. There is also a powerpoint with some simple definitions of the 6 forces covered in this lesson.
• Laminated copies are provided with the circus- copy in science shared
• You may be asked to have types of forces lesson 2 prior to lesson 1 so that kit can be easily shared.

Plenary

Homework

Additional Information

Resources Required

• Frictional- slope with different objects (car, glass block and wooden block) where they change and measure the angle + hovercraft
• Gravitational – different masses on a Newton Scale, planetry model
• Applied Force – Push or Pull and Thrust – pulling brick with Newton meter, sand to pour onto a balance
• Normal Force- block and strong card

Textbook References

• None

Website References

• None

Skills Addressed

• Obtaining

Safety/Hazards

• A tank with water in it will be heavy and so is only to be moved by the technician; please refer to the Manual handling section of the Laboratory Lessons Health and Safety Risk Assessment
• When using springs, goggles must be worn
• General Laboratory Health and Safety Risk Assessment

Notes

• None

Forces & Matter Outline

Forces & Matter