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QCA

Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 2)

Unit 2E: Forces and movement

QCA
About this unit

The work in this unit extends children's understanding of how pushes and pulls affect the movement and shape of objects.

Experimental and investigative work focuses on:

  • thinking about what is expected to happen
  • making measurements
  • recording and presenting results and deciding whether the results support the prediction
  • deciding whether comparisons are fair.
Children also have opportunities to relate science to the ways in which familiar objects move.

This unit takes approximately 7 hours.


Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Changing shape by force
2. Changing movement by force
3. Speeding up and slowing down
4. Comparing how objects move
5. Experimenting with toy cars
6. Presenting results
7. Pushes and pulls as force
8. Review