This presentation introduces students to the major forces involved in powered flight. It was designed as part of a STEAM activity pack that involves putting the forces to use to make and fly a paper aeroplane.
Describe pushes and pulls in terms of strength and direction and predict the effect of these forces on objects’ motion and shape
Engage in investigations safely and make observations using their senses
Represent observations in provided templates and identify patterns with guidance
Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions
Pose investigable questions to identify patterns and test relationships and make reasoned predictions
Pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences
Share questions, predictions, observations and ideas with others
Suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions
Write and create texts to communicate ideas and findings for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of language features, using digital tools as appropriate
Examine how people use data to develop scientific explanations
Examine why advances in science are often the result of collaboration or build on the work of others
Suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions
Write and create texts to communicate findings and ideas for identified purposes and audiences, using scientific vocabulary and digital tools as appropriate
Write and create texts to communicate ideas and findings for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of language features, using digital tools as appropriate
Pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations
Pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations
Examine how people use data to develop scientific explanations
Pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences
Explore the ways people make and use observations and questions to learn about the natural world
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
Follow procedures to make and record observations, including making formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments and using digital tools as appropriate
Pose investigable questions to identify patterns and test relationships and make reasoned predictions
Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions
Write and create texts to communicate findings and ideas for identified purposes and audiences, using scientific vocabulary and digital tools as appropriate
Examine why advances in science are often the result of collaboration or build on the work of others
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts
Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts
Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions
Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings using formal and informal representations
With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on prior knowledge
People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things
Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance
With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations
Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships
Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships
With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on prior knowledge
Pose and respond to questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events
Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings using formal and informal representations
Participate in guided investigations to explore and answer questions
Share observations and ideas
Participate in guided investigations to explore and answer questions
Pose and respond to questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events
Participate in guided investigations and make observations using the senses
Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions
Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events
With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations
A push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape
Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events
With guidance, plan and conduct scientific investigations to find answers to questions, considering the safe use of appropriate materials and equipment
Explains regular events in the solar system and geological events on the Earth’s surface
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate ideas
Identifies how daily and seasonal changes in the environment affect humans and other living things
Develops solutions to an identified need
Identifies digital systems and explores how instructions are used to control digital devices
Investigates the effects of increasing or decreasing the strength of a specific contact or non-contact force
Explains how energy is transformed from one form to another
Explains how the properties of materials determines their use for a range of purposes
Explores the characteristics, needs and uses of living things
Identifies that objects are made of materials that have observable properties
Observes the way objects move and relates changes in motion to push and pull forces
Explains the effect of heat on the properties and behaviour of materials
Explains how food and fibre are produced sustainably in managed environments for health and nutrition
Examines how the environment affects the growth, survival and adaptation of living things
Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas
Recognises observable changes occurring in the sky and on the land and identifies Earth’s resources
Describes how contact and non-contact forces affect an object’s motion
Describes the characteristics and effects of common forms of energy, such as light and heat
Uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Describes observable features of living things and their environments
Identifies how plants and animals are used for food and fibre products
Investigates the suitability of natural and processed materials for a range of purposes
Describes how adding or removing heat causes a change of state
Describes how agricultural processes are used to grow plants and raise animals for food, clothing and shelter
Identifies that materials can be changed or combined
Describes how the properties of materials determine their use
Compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things
Selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
Participate in guided investigations, including making observations using the senses, to explore and answer questions
With guidance, pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform a scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of an investigation might be based on previous experiences or general rules
Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways
Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships
The way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size and shape: a push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape
Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language
Use formal measurements in the collection and recording of observations
People use science in their daily lives
Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies
With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge
Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events
Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance