ScienceYears 7–8Physics

Forces

Understand gravity, friction, air resistance and balanced/unbalanced forces; calculate speed and interpret motion graphs

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you are pushing a toy car across the floor. Your push is a force!

  2. 2

    Is a push or a pull a type of force?

  3. 3

    Use the number line to show how a force changes the car's speed. Start at 0 and push it to 5!

  4. 4

    Let's see what happens when you push a ball and a toy car with the same force.

  5. 5

    If you push a heavy box and a light box with the same force, which moves more?

  6. 6

    Drag the arrow to show how hard you need to push to move the heavy box. The bigger the arrow, the bigger the force!

  7. 7

    What does a bigger force do to an object?

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