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Explore how things move (pushes and pulls)
In this lesson you will look at how things move.
Key words
forces
We cannot see forces. But they make things move.
move
push/pull
Looking at a moving ball
1 Sit opposite your
partner. Push the ball Be a
to your partner. scientist
Scientists look
2 Now pull the ball closely to find
back to you. out about the
What happens to the ball? world. This
is called
Talk with your partner. How is the ball observation.
moving? What is movement?
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Forces are making objects move all the time.
Finding moving things
1 Look around the classroom. Find things that are moving.
2 Predict whether a push, a pull or both are making the things move.
3 Then write what you see in a table like the one below.
Push, pull or push
Object moving Describe the movement
and pull?
Ball rolling The ball is rolling Push
across the floor.
Your teacher will tell you the correct force for each movement you
wrote down. Was this what you predicted?
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■ For more activities, go to Workbook 1 page 60.
