STATION 1 PULL INVESTIGATION

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PULL Activity 1 Activity 1 Teacher Aide

INVESTIGATION two chairs - Students in groups of 3 pull a
string small basket along a rope
(exploration into small basket pulley applying different
the strengths investigation strengths.
applied for small worksheet - They record on worksheets
pulls and big pulls) the strength of the pull used
to move the basket along the
rope the fastest and the
farthest.

BALL COLLISION Activity 2 Activity 2

(exploration of 12 tennis balls - Students PREDICT,
direction after an Investigation OBSERVE and EXPLAIN
objects hits worksheet what will happen with the
another object balls when the one tennis ball
collides with others.
- Students in pairs/ groups of 3
roll a tennis ball into a small
cluster of tennis balls (3 balls)
Students to draw a before and
after diagram of the collision of
the tennis ball and the small
cluster of tennis balls.

STATION 2 EXPLORING FORCES INVOLVED

WITH FLOATING OBJECTS

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FLOATING 6 tennis balls Students push balls under water to Mrs Lovett
INVESTIGATION 4 medium size feel what happens when the ball
WET AREA rubber balls gets pushed under.
Investigation (Different size balls will allow
worksheet students to feel the difference in the
upward force provided by the water
and learn the larger the ball, the
greater the force.)

- Students in group of 3 push

tennis balls under the water.
- Students then push medium
rubber balls under water
- Students answer questions on
sheet
- Students draw a force-arrow
diagram of the forces involved in
objects floating
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STATION 3 ENGINEERING ACTIVITY

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PARK THE CAR toy cars - In groups of 3 Students design and Mrs
ACTIVITY Cardboard of different build a way to park a car in a Gallagher
Engineering/problem sizes and lengths garage
solving 3D cut out of a garage - Students work with the cardboard to
Tape measure build their design.
Video camera - Students videotape their design
process

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Differentiation Differentiation
Differentiation 4 small toy cars
Lower Ability Students 2 wooden ramp Students conduct a POE-
RAMP 2 tape measure - Hand out POE Investigation sheet
INVESTIGATION 2 metre ruler Students predict what will
2 rolls of happen when the height of the
masking tape to mark ramp is changed
Roll toy car down ramp where the car stops - Students roll a car down a ramp
4 large blocks - change the height of the ramp
-Students measure and record the
Predict Observe height and the distance the car
Explain experiment travels after the car has rolled down
worksheet the ramp and determine which
height was the closest to the
garage
- Students then draw a diagram of
the forces applied - push and
gravity
STATION 4 BUMPY RIDE INVESTIGATION

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BUMPY RIDE 7 wooden ramps -Hand out investigation Teacher aide

INVESTIGATION sheet
Materials for ramp -students first predict
Exploring friction felt fabric and record on sheet
Paper the order of the most
Students predict which Carpet friction to least and the
surface will have more Synthetic grass distance the car will
or less friction Alfoil roll
Sandpaper -Students roll cars
Wood down each surface.

-students measure the

distance and length of
time each car goes on
each surface

-Students fill out sheet

and number 1-7 which
surface had the most
friction to the least.