You Will Need: Topic Y5 Science Strand Space

You will need: Topic Y5 Science Strand Forces

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/ You will need to collect… /

We will provide…

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/ Fruit nets/plastic bags, various objects from classroom, force meters. Access to internet

/ Gravity diagrams
What is Gravity?
Measuring Forces using a Force Meter
Website list
B / Book, two sets of kitchen scales, video, digital camera, PE equipment. Access to internet

/ Discussion Diagram
Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
Laws of Motion poem
Book on Table diagram
Balanced Forces diagram
C / Sports shoes/trainers (1 each) that children bring in. Access to different floor surfaces, force meters. Access to internet

/ Car on a Slope Enquiry
Shoe Friction Enquiry
D / Scrap A4 paper, stop watch, parachute, Hall or playground time, paper clips, scissors, stopwatches, sycamore or ash seeds. Access to internet

/ Discussion Diagram
Parachute Jump
Spinner Template
In a Spin!
E / 3 jars/beakers, water, oil, syrup, marble, plasticine, bowl, clear measuring cylinder, fruit net, force meter, various small objects that sink, sticky tape, scissors, scrap A4 paper, carbonated water, straw, salt, 2m piece of guttering with two end caps, 6m embroidery thread or thin cord, 3 50g masses, balsa wood boats with prows: pointed, rounded & square, stopwatches. Access to internet
/ Discussion Diagram
Boat Shape Enquiry
The Dead Sea
F / Information books about gears, pulleys, levers & springs (see suggestions in You Will Need), plastic gears, dowelling of relevant size depending on gear packs available, corrugated cardboard/plastic sheets (Correx), tape, coil springs, elastic bands, dry wipe markers for marking teeth on gears, pulleys, string or cord, force meters, range of masses, 2 broomsticks, 5m rope or thick cord, cotton reels, hooks, pieces of 10mm wood, small bucket or similar container, scissors, (Technic Lego if available). Access to internet

Plastic gears of various dimensions, e.g. 60 mixed gears (3 sizes) available from

packs of 10 assorted gears available from
assorted packs of 10 gears
/ Pulleys – Broomstick Activity
Gear Trains
Three Lever Classes
Make Your Own Fixed Pulley
Make Your Own Block and Tackle
Cam Exploration
G / Plastic gears, dowelling of relevant size depending on gear packs available, corrugated cardboard/plastic sheets (Correx), tape, coil springs, elastic bands, dry wipe markers for marking teeth on gears, pulleys, string or cord, cotton reels, hooks, pieces of 10mm wood, split pins, card, scissors, hacksaws (safety – adult help), glue gun (safety – adult help), (Technic Lego if available). Access to internet / None