Science topic · United Kingdom
Forces and motion
Pushes and pulls, simple machines, magnets and building strong structures.
Lessons
Year 4Science
Pushes, Pulls and Magnets
Why a rolling ball always stops, whether a magnet can pull through a table, and how far a paper clip will jump. Three lessons on the pushes and pulls that start, stop and steer things.
Year 9Science
Forces and Motion: Crash, Push and Stop
Why you lurch forward when the bus brakes, how fast a toy car really goes, why heavier carts hit harder, and how to build a crumple zone that saves an egg. Four lessons on inertia, speed, mass and stopping safely.
Year 5 to Year 6Science
Forces at Work: Gravity, Resistance, Levers and Pulleys
Do heavy things really fall faster? Why are fast swimmers shaped like torpedoes? How can a small push lift a big load? Three hands-on lessons on gravity, air and water resistance, friction, levers and pulleys, measured in newtons with homemade and simple tools.
Online practice
- What makes things move Year 1
- Push and pull Year 1
- Sort pushes and pulls Year 1
- Stronger and weaker pushes Year 1
- Faster and slower Year 1
- Stop a rolling ball Year 1
- Magnets push or pull Year 1
- Direction of a push Year 1
- Which things a magnet pulls Year 1
- Change of position Year 1
- How far it rolled Year 1
- Where is it now Year 1
- Ramp height and distance Year 1
- Order of a ball's motion Year 1
- Count the pushes Year 1
- Motion from pushing Year 2
- Friction slows motion Year 3
- Push strength Year 3
- Magnets and motion Year 3
- Read a motion table Year 3
- Pull and move up Year 3
- Slow it down Year 3
- Magnet strength Year 3
- Magnets and how they pull Year 4