Lesson Three – Changing Speed

This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify, test and record a range of different ways of changing the speed and movement of toy vehicles when pulled and pushed.

The class can investigate and record how a range of materials can affect the speed of an object as it moves across different surfaces as part of a pushing or pulling force.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, test and record a range of different ways of changing the speed and movement of toy vehicles when pulled and pushed

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and explain how to move an object at different speeds using pushing and pulling forces and a template to test and record how far an object will move across different surface materials from a ramp.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore a range of different ways of changing the speed and movement of toy vehicles when pulled and pushed.

This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and test some of the different pushing and pulling forces that can be used to move a range of objects. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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