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Welcome to Force-Land
This resource contains six activities that link to Forces. This unit is taught through the concept of a theme park, with children investigating a range of rides and rollercoasters. These resources are designed for use with mixed age groups classes of Year 5 and 6. Activities include:
- investigating the forces involved in bungee jumping, rollercoasters, parachutes, canyon water rides, lifting ‘elephants’ and Ferris wheels.
- through real-world scenarios, naming a variety of forces and explaining their actions and effects on objects
- exploring how we can reduce and maximise key forces, such as: gravity, friction, water resistance, and air resistance.
- measuring force, and calculating speed
- understanding the importance of levers, gears and pulleys
These activities have been provided by Hamilton Trust as part of their mixed age group science lessons.
The Hamilton website also hosts a wealth of other free resources.
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Outcomes 61.5 KB
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Session 1 (Teacher Notes) 23.15 KB
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Session 1 (Resource) 1.94 MB
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Session 2 (Resource) 515.33 KB
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Session 3 (Resource) 281.87 KB
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Session 4 (Resource) 563.9 KB
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Session 5 (Resource) 731.8 KB
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Session 6 (Resource) 1.93 MB
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Outcomes 61.5 KB -
Session 1 (Teacher Notes) 23.15 KB -
Session 1 (Resource) 1.94 MB -
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Session 2 (Resource) 515.33 KB
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Session 3 (Resource) 281.87 KB
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Session 4 (Resource) 563.9 KB
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Session 5 (Resource) 731.8 KB
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Session 6 (Resource) 1.93 MB
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