FREE PRIMARY SCIENCE · Years 3–4
Pushes, pulls and falls
How do forces change the way things move?
Three iPad lessons with no materials. Students sort contact and non-contact forces and test magnets, test whether heavier things fall faster, then run fair tests on a ramp.
3 free lessons · Australian Curriculum v9
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Touch or no touch?
Which forces need to touch, and which work at a distance?
Open free interactive lesson →Drop test
Do heavier things fall faster?
Open free interactive lesson →Ramp racers
What changes how far a toy car rolls?
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