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Science Y6 – Forces and motion – lesson 3

Objects cannot move by themselves. They need a push or a pull to stop
them or to start them moving.

Experiment 1

Aim: To discover what is needed to stop or start an object moving.

Apparatus: Toy cars, metre ruler

Method: Using a flat surface, measure how far each car travels with one push. How can you
make this a fair test?

Results: Cars How far it travelled
Car 1
Car 2
Car 3
Car 4
Car 5
Car 6

We made sure that it was a fair test by ______________________________________________________

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Experiment 2

Aim: To measure how far each car runs past the end of a ramp.

Apparatus: Toy cars, ramp, wooden blocks, metre ruler

Method: Set up a ramp then let (do not push) each car in turn go down the ramp.
Measure how far each one travels past the end of the ramp.
Results:
Cars Distance past the ramp
Car 1
Car 2
Car 3
Car 4
Car 5
Car 6

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