P1: FORCES By the end of this lesson you should be able to:

1. Types of Force •
•
Define force & give examples of contact & non-contact forces
Describe the possible effects of forces in different situations

Preparation
Requisition:
• Forces circus
• P1 success criteria

Photocopy:
• Literacy HW task (or just direct to FROG)

You will need MWBs

 P1: FORCES By the end of this lesson you should be able to:

4. Floating & Sinking • Explain why some object sink & others float
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Literacy this lesson you should be able to:
1. • Read through the information
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4. Floating & Sinking Explain why some & others float
2. List all of the forces mentioned, and write a fact about each:

3. Complete the quiz below – all of the answers are in the text.
 P1: FORCES By the end of this lesson you should be able to:
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1. Types of Force •
•
Define force & give examples of contact & non-contact forces
Describe the possible effects of forces in different situations

Types of Force
Homework: Complete the ‘forces literacy task’.
30 minutes or less, due lesson 4 (____________)

Starter: Think back to what you learned about

forces in primary school. On a MWB…
1. Write down as many forces as you can think of.
2. Complete this sentence: A force is…
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1. Types of Force •
•
Define force & give examples of contact & non-contact forces
Describe the possible effects of forces in different situations

Drag Lift Push Weight

Reaction Squeeze
Gravity
Stretch
Types of Force
Pull How many did you get?

Friction Twist
Upthrust
Tension Thrust
Centripetal
Magnetic
Electrostatic Air resistance
 P1: FORCES By the end of this lesson you should be able to:

1. Types of Force •
•
Define force & give examples of contact & non-contact forces
Describe the possible effects of forces in different situations

What is a force?
In primary school, you probably learned that a force is a
push or a pull. This is completely right, but we need to add
a bit more to it now!
A force is a push or pull
experienced by an object when
it interacts with another object.

Forces are measured in Newtons (N),

in memory of Isaac Newton who
discovered a lot about them!
 P1: FORCES By the end of this lesson you should be able to:

1. Types of Force •
•
Define force & give examples of contact & non-contact forces
Describe the possible effects of forces in different situations

Types of force
There are two types of forces:
• Contact forces
• Non-contact forces (also known as ‘action-at-a-distance)
forces.

What do you think is the difference between them?

Can you think of an example of each?
 P1: FORCES By the end of this lesson you should be able to:

1. Types of Force •
•
Define force & give examples of contact & non-contact forces
Describe the possible effects of forces in different situations

Types of force
Remember, a force is a push or pull experienced by an
object when it interacts with another object.

• If these two objects need to be touching for this force to

occur, it is a contact force.

• If these two objects don’t need to be touching for this

force to occur, it is a non-contact force.
 P1: FORCES By the end of this lesson you should be able to:
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1. Types of Force •
•
Define force & give examples of contact & non-contact forces
Describe the possible effects of forces in different situations

Drag Lift Push Weight

Reaction Squeeze
Gravity
Can you identify the contact Stretch
Pull & non-contact forces?

Friction Twist
Upthrust
Tension Thrust
Centripetal
Magnetic
Electrostatic Air resistance
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pull on a rope to give it tension• in a tug of war, it is a contact force.

Drag Lift Push Weight

Reaction Squeeze
Gravity
Can you identify the contact Stretch
Pull & non-contact forces?

Friction Twist
Upthrust
Tension Thrust
Centripetal
Magnetic
Electrostatic Air resistance
 P1: FORCES By the end of this lesson you should be able to:

1. Types of Force •
•
Define force & give examples of contact & non-contact forces
Describe the possible effects of forces in different situations

1. Copy & complete the passage:

A force is a ___ or ____ experienced by an object when it _______

with another object. Forces are measured in _______ (N). There are
two types of force; ______ forces (where the objects need to be
________ for the force to arise) and __________ forces (where the
objects do not need to be ________ for the force to arise).

2. Make a spider diagram in your book of all of the specific examples

of forces that you can remember.
a) Circle the contact forces in one colour and the non-contact
forces in another.
b) Either write or draw an example of each force next to it on the
diagram. E.g. for gravity it could be the force between the Earth
and the Moon and for tension it could be a tug of war.
 P1: FORCES By the end of this lesson you should be able to:

1. Types of Force •
•
Define force & give examples of contact & non-contact forces
Describe the possible effects of forces in different situations

1. Copy & complete the passage:

A force is a push or pull experienced by an object when it interacts

with another object. Forces are measured in Newtons (N). There are
two types of force; contact forces (where the objects need to be
touching for the force to arise) and non-contact forces (where the
objects do not need to be touching for the force to arise).

2. Make a spider diagram in your book of all of the specific examples

of forces that you can remember.
a) Circle the contact forces in one colour and the non-contact
forces in another.
b) Either write or draw an example of each force next to it on the
diagram. E.g. for gravity it could be the force between the Earth
and the Moon and for tension it could be a tug of war.
 P1: FORCES By the end of this lesson you should be able to:

1. Types of Force •
•
Define force & give examples of contact & non-contact forces
Describe the possible effects of forces in different situations

So what do forces do? Forces Circus

Forces can make objects: 1. Visit each station that has

been set up around the lab
• Speed up 2. At each one, decide what type
• Slow down of force is acting on the object
• Start moving – is it a push, pull, squeeze,
stretch or twist?
• Stop moving 3. Also decide what the force is
• Twist making the object do –
choose from the list opposite.
• Turn
4. Make a note of your answers
• Change direction in your book and move onto
• Change shape the next activity.
 P1: FORCES By the end of this lesson you should be able to:
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1. Types of Force •
•
Define force & give examples of contact & non-contact forces
Describe the possible effects of forces in different situations

Plenary: Match the actions & examples

Speed up or Unscrewing a bottle lid
start moving

Slow down or Applying brakes on a bicycle

stop moving

Change direction A tennis ball bouncing off a wall

Change shape Hitting a snooker ball

Turn Stretching an elastic band