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Push Pull Sink Float
Demonstration Activities
Associated Words checking and understanding words of the forces involved
Flight animation paper airplane models the forces of lift thrust gravity and drag
Forces a series of animated diagrams explaining each type of force with a real life example
Forces animated diagrams with text explain a number of forces in more depth
No.2 Button shows a picture of a children's playground featuring slides roundabouts swings see-saws
Activities in Jack's Room, Sofia's Room and The Park put forces into a child's perspective
A series of links to simple picture and text explanations of a number of different types of force
Information and drawings explaining gravity friction air pressure turning balanced and unbalanced forces
An excellent explanation of how gravity friction compression stretching and magnetism are all forces
Two short video clips explaining surface tension and water strider (water boatman)
Formula One Cars information about forces and motion within the sport
Noah's Ark Weighing Activity put the animals into the ark scales with balance point not in middle
Pulleys and Belt Drives animated diagrams showing examples of pulleys and belt drives
Push and Pull Activity 1 is a simple animation showing pushing and pulling
Push and Pull Activity 2 encourages learners to think about other examples
Push and Pull a screen and interactive keyboard asks what you know about pushing and/or pulling
Sinking Ball Part 1 dropping the ball into various liquids and records the time to sink
Sinking Ball Part 2 the results are compiled in a graph and labelled
Sinking Ball Part 3 has learners putting the times in order
Sinking Ball Part 4 words into a cloze activity
Stay or Return identifying whether items will stay or return to the shape after force is applied
Stay or Return making predictions on pushing pulling bending and stretching
Squashing does it matter how much force is applied and for how long?
Practice
Activities
Learners have to identify the force being used in a series of situations
Floating and Sinking a series of activities on floating and sinking
Forces Part 1 learners identify the pull push and twist forces are used
Forces Part 2 learners sort push and pull toys
Push or Pull Activity 3 gives a set of toys which you have to classify into pushing or pulling objects
Push or Pull Part 1 checks a learner's understanding of pushing
Push or Pull Part 2 checks a learner's understanding the effects of pushing hard and harder
Push or Pull Part 3 checks a learner's understanding of which household items push or pull
Rocks and Soils an activity testing samples to see if they float or sink
Toy Maker an activity comparing the different types of wheels on different forms of transport
Extension Activities
P
erform experiments fill in chart with results to understand how mass force and acceleration are related
Testing Activities
3 Puck Chuck dubious link to forces but good fun and very skilful
Bungee the aim is to get the person as near to the ground as possible
Design a Trebuchet your task is to destroy a number of buildings by altering angle and load applied
Forces a simple true or false set of questions about forces
Forces learners have to identify the force being used in a series of situations
Formula One Cars information about forces and motion followed by an 11 question quiz
Noah's Ark Weighing Activity put the animals into the ark scales with balance point not in middle
Stay or Return identifying whether items will stay or return to the shape after force is applied
Stay or Return making predictions on pushing pulling bending and stretching