ScienceYear 5

Forces

Learn Forces for Year 5 pupils (ages 9–10). Free practice questions, lessons and worked examples — aligned to the UK National Curriculum.

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Forces are pushes or pulls that make things move, stop, or change shape.

  2. 2

    A force can be a push OR a pull. Which one makes a toy car move forward?

  3. 3

    Drag the toy car forward by pushing it. See how far it goes!

  4. 4

    Let's think about a tug of war. Two teams pull a rope in opposite directions. Who wins?

  5. 5

    Now you try! Which way will the rope move? Pull left with 4 and right with 2.

  6. 6

    In a tug of war, if left pulls with 7 and right pulls with 7, what happens?

  7. 7

    Which force makes a ball fall to the ground when you drop it?

Practise Forces with Whizlo

Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 9–10. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.