Classroom printables, activities & worksheets
Forces
A collection of forces related educational resources to use in your classroom. Use the Forces Teaching Resource Pack to provide your students with all of the information and activities they need to learn about magnetism, gravity, buoyancy, friction and push and pull forces. Also provided are posters to display in your classroom, worksheets, activities, experiments and vocabulary word wall cards to assist students in learning the associated content vocabulary.
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Whatever Floats Your Boat PowerPoint
A teaching presentation comparing different forces involved in buoyancy.
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Science Experiment – Sticky Friction
A science experiment which investigates the relationship between friction and the properties of various materials.
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Morning Star PowerPoint - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Knowledge of Physical Sciences
A teaching presentation in which the students investigate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' knowledge and use of physics.
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Force Knowledge Check
A worksheet used to check the students’ knowledge of forces.
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Balloon Rocket - Experiment
A hands-on experiment to use when investigating how energy can make things move.
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Push It - Introducing the Different Types of Force PowerPoint
A teaching presentation introducing the students to the different types of force.
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The Force of Friction PowerPoint
A teaching presentation investigating the force of friction.
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There's a Fraction Too Much Friction - Science Experiment
A science experiment which investigates rolling friction and the properties of various materials and shapes.
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Push and Pull - Water Investigation
A hands-on investigation task that allows students to work directly with the forces they have been learning.
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Play the Game - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Traditional Games PowerPoint
A teaching presentation investigating the effect of contact and non-contact forces on the movement of objects in traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s instructive toys and games.
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Push and Pull - Vocabulary Worksheet
A worksheet with push and pull content vocabulary and definitions.
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Which Force Is That? Worksheet
A group of worksheets to use when revising common forces.
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Electric Avenue - Understanding the Non-contact Force of Electrostatics PowerPoint
A teaching presentation introducing the students to the non-contact force of electrostatics.
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Gravity Investigation PowerPoint
This teaching presentation introduces the force of gravity and using air resistance to counteract this force.
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Throwing, Dropping, Bouncing, Rolling - Science Experiment
A science experiment which investigates the relationship between multiple forces acting on a single object in various ways.
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Science Experiment - Sink or Swim
A science experiment which investigates the buoyancy of different objects when placed in water.
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Types of Contact Force Worksheet
A worksheet for the students to identify the types of force which are active in a variety of situations.
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Forces in Play PowerPoint
A teaching presentation comparing different forces involved in play.
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Fantastic Forces – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an information report from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
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Tornado in a Jar Worksheet
A science activity that demonstrates some properties and effects of motion.
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Force and Speed - The Relationship Between Force and the Resulting Speed of an Object PowerPoint
A teaching presentation in which the students observe qualitatively how speed is affected by the size of a force.
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Push and Pull Forces - Title Poster
A poster to use on your Push and Pull Forces display board.
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Opposites Attract - Understanding the Non-contact Force of Magnetism PowerPoint
A teaching presentation introducing the students to magnetism as a non-contact force.
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Forces Assessment
A three-page assessment for the lower grades, covering common push and pull forces.
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Science Experiment - Speed Racer
A science investigation in which the students investigate how to use thrust force to increase the speed of a model car.
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Push and Pull Forces PowerPoint
A teaching presentation introducing the students to push and pull forces.
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Exploring With Magnets Task
A simple, hands-on investigation which allows students to explore magnets and magnetism.
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Push and Pull Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify actions that use push and pull.
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Forces Knowledge Check
A worksheet used to check the students’ knowledge of forces.
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Observing Magnetic Flux Lines Worksheet
A worksheet for recording data about magnetic flux lines observed in a classroom demonstration.
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Push and Pull - Forces Worksheet
A worksheet using pictures to identify the correct force.
