Forces

This Nuffield Pathways Through Science module explored forces and motion to include collisions and explosions explained in terms of momentum. In the section about space the treatment covered circular motion as well as kinetic and potential energy. Activities in the middle of the three episodes investigated forces in machines.
Fo 1: Forces and movement
Fo 2: Machines
Fo 3: Gravity and space

Publications
*Study Guide – to help teachers and students with planning, record keeping and revision.
*Activities – 62 sides of copiable activities as the basis for a differentiated programme of learning
*Commentary - offering hints and answers. When in difficulty students could get help from the commentary; if their experiment went wrong they could find sample results; if they were absent they could discover the outcomes of the activities they had missed.
*Sourcebook – a highly-illustrated and diverse source of information, explanations and stories. The Sourcebook complemented the activities. Some activities were served directly by features in the Sourcebook. Other features help to set the episodes of the module in context. Some activities directed students to a specific page or feature. More challenging activities required students to scan more of the pages in search of the information they need.
*Teachers’ Guide – with notes on teaching strategies and technical information about all the activities