On the move
Science - Physical World
Learning Intentions:
1. We are learning to identify things that move and think about how things move.
2. We are learning to understand what push and pull forces are.
Teacher information
These tasks get students to identify things that move and allows them to investigate how push and pull forces create movement. One activity that gets students to create a push/pull toy from recycled materials, may possibly require some adult assistance.
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Stage: ES1 KLA: Science - Physical world
Task 1: Let's explore thing that move!
Movement is all around! Can you see things that move in your house? Out in the world?
Make a list of things that you can see moving inside your house and outside.
In your workbooks or nature journals, draw something you saw moving inside your house and out in the world.
Write or ask someone else to write the way you think the object moves, for example, ‘the cat is stretching’, ‘the little girl is skipping’, the leaf is falling’ ‘the ball is bouncing’.
Task 2: Making things move by pushing and pulling.
A force makes something move.
Push and pull forces cause movements such as bouncing, sliding, rolling and spinning.
A push is a type of force. Pushing involves moving something away from you.
A pull is a type of force. Pulling involves moving something towards you.
Test your understanding of push and pull forces by taking this quiz!
Task 3: Make a push/pull toy using recycled materials.
Using recycled materials, make a toy that you can push and/or pull!
Use items that you can find in your house or garden for example bottle tops, packaging, balloons, toilet rolls, chop sticks, skewers, jars, lids, string, sticks, leaves etc.
Take a picture and share with your class!