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Tension and Compression Forces

Tension and Compression Forces
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Year 4 science students will be looking the way forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct or indirect contact.

Curriculum Codes

AC9TDE4K02 9

Describe how forces and the properties of materials affect function in a product or system

AC9S4U03 9

Identify how forces can be exerted by one object on another and investigate the effect of frictional, gravitational and magnetic forces on the motion of objects

ACTDEK011 8.4

Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a product or system

ACSSU076 8.4

Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance

VCDSTC024

Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a designed solution

VCSSU064

Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance

ST2-1WS-S old

Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations

ST2-2DP-T old

Selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity

ST2-8PW-ST old

Describes the characteristics and effects of common forms of energy, such as light and heat

ST2-9PW-ST old

Describes how contact and non-contact forces affect an object’s motion

ST2-10ES-S old

Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface

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