Transcript Forces activities for outdoors - Primary Science Education

Forces activities for outdoors
KS1 current curriculum
Forces and motion
2. Pupils should be taught:
a. to find out about, and describe the movement of,
familiar things [for example, cars going faster,
slowing down, changing direction]
b. that both pushes and pulls are examples of forces
c. to recognise that when things speed up, slow
down or change direction, there is a cause [for
example, a push or a pull]
KS1 draft curriculum
Movement
Pupils should be taught to:
• notice and describe how things are moving, using
simple comparisons such as faster and slower
• compare how different things move.
NB They do not need to consider what is causing
the movement, they just need to describe the
effect.
Notes and guidance
• Pupils should observe closely some things moving. Pupils
should discuss, describe and compare the movement of a
variety of objects and, where appropriate, themselves,
through actions such as sliding, rolling, falling, flying,
walking and running. They can explore the movements
through games, songs and rhymes, including work in
physical education.
• Pupils might work scientifically by: asking questions about
the movement of objects such as parachutes, toy cars and
balloon rockets; comparing them, by measuring how far
they go; ordering their findings and recording their
observations and measurements, for example by
constructing tables and charts, and drawing on their results
to answer their questions.
Activity ideas
Basically anything that moves!
Can include
Things that move on their own – animals and people (themselves)
Movement caused by contact with a force i.e. you can see the push or
pull – opening a door, pushing a box
Sometimes the force cannot be seen – wind blowing trees
[Things that have forces acting at a distance – magnets moving objects
(year 3/4), gravity pulling object down (year 5/6)]
Avoid magnets at this stage?
It is difficult to avoid gravity, currently they would need to a word to
describe why an object falls to the ground. With the new curriculum
this will not be a problem as they focus on the effect not the cause.
Themes
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On the move!
Let’s go!
Playgrounds
Toys
Transport
The circus
Kites
• This can be a plastic bag on a string, which will
be lifted into the air by the wind.
Parachutes
• You just need some squares of plastic, attach
string to each corner. Tie the other ends
together and add a blob of blue tac as the
object.
Balloon cars
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/blo
odhound-experiments-ballooncars/13378.html - Video
• You can buy them ready made but it’s better
to make your own
http://www.ttsgroup.co.uk/shops/tts/Products/PD1726486/Bal
loon-Cars/
Balloon rockets
• http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/balloonrocket.php
Rocket mice
• Science museum activity
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/educators/t
eaching_resources/activities/rocket_mice.aspx
Spinners
Paper aeroplanes
• Gallery of planes to print and fold
• Good for testing on a number of challenges
• http://howthingsfly.si.edu/activities/paperairplane/gallery
Straw rockets
• Very simple to demonstrate with a
MacDonalds straw and packet. The kids will all
have done this.
• Then just try different designs
• http://www.planetscience.com/categories/experiments/technolo
gy/2011/11/make-a-straw-rocket.aspx
Hoop glider
Paper windmills
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/galler
y/2009/jun/23/making-windmillguide#/?picture=349220306&index=4
• http://rubberstamping.about.com/od/project
s/ss/Pinwheel_2.htm
Blowing bubbles
• How can you make the biggest bubble?
• How can you make your bubble travel the
furthest?
• How high can you make your bubble go?
Toys
• Explore a range of toys – clockwork, pop up,
pull along
• Could include ones that use electricity
(batteries and mains)– extend to include toys
that light up and make sounds (Not part of
KS1 new draft curriculum)
Toys
• Sorting
• What criteria may children think of?
• Can tie in with history topic
• End with sorting by
toys that move and
toys that do no move
Describe the movement
Identify and teach
key vocabulary
e.g.
fast/faster/fastest
slow/slower/slowest
straight line
turns
curves
smooth
jerky
forward/backward
up/down
Clockwork toys can be bought from
www.hawkin.com/toys/clockwork-toys (~£2.50)
Movement
• Whenever something starts to move, speeds
up or slows down, there must be something
causing this to happen. Try to work out what is
causing the movement.
• This is not part of the draft new curriculum
How do you make it move?
• Key vocabulary – pull, push, twist
Rock ‘n walk toys
• A weight hangs over the edge of the table and
pulls the toys along
• Looking for a supplier!
At the playground
• Swings
• Roundabouts
• How are they being moved?
Pushes and pulls
• Things can be moved by a push or a pull.
At the beach
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Sailing boats
Windmills
Kites
Bubbles
• What causes the movement?
Circus
• Trapeze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5HX_OOYt_8&feature=rela
ted
• Juggling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4K3mqp3EDo&feature=relat
ed
• Seesaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHPEWCY1Db0
• Plate spinning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYgwPtXiRS8
Describe the movement
Carousel of activities
• Have a go at the activity and feedback to the
others
– Do you get better at plate spinning with practice?
– Can you make the penny land in the pot?
– Can you make the clown balance?
– Does the weight of the person affect the
movement of the trapeze?
– How long can you make a scarf stay in the air?
Transport
• New angle on the cars down ramp
investigation!
• Build a brick wall and investigate the best way
to know it down ie how to change the speed
of the car, does weight make a difference
Picture books for KS1
• And Everyone Shouted, "Pull!": A First Look
at Forces and Motion (Reception/Key Stage
1)
• Authors: Claire Llewellyn, Simone Abel
(Illustrator)
• Synopsis: The rules of forces and motion are
introduced through the observations of a
farmer and his animals as they travel to
market
More stories
Physical processes
Allen, P
Armitage, R
Barber, A
Blake, Q
Burningham, J
Biro, V
Cunliffe, J
Dahl, R
Hughes, S
Nicholl, M
Still, K
Herbert and Harry
Lighthouse keeper’s catastrophe
Light house keeper’s lunch
Mousehole cat
Mrs Armitage and the big wave
Mrs Armitage on wheels
Mr Gumpy’s motor car
Gumdrop stories
Weather baby
James and the giant peach KS2
Bouncing
Up and up
Wheels
Meg’s car
Meg on the moon
Tractor princess
Traditional stories
Enormous turnip
Rapunzel
Three little pigs
Need to check which are to do with forces