Lesson Seven – Gravity Matters
This science teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to correct and re-draft a magazine article that provides facts and information about the effect of gravity on objects and materials in the world.
The class can identify and explain how the force of gravity can be utilised to perform different functions on Earth such as transporting materials and lifting masses.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to correct and re-draft a magazine article that provides facts and information about the effect of gravity on objects and materials in the world
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe how different forces work to move objects in the world, a shared reading text to explain a range of different facts and concepts about how gravity works on different objects in the world and a worksheet to correct facts and concepts about gravity to explain how the force works on different objects.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to correct and re-draft a magazine article about the effect of gravity on objects in the world.
This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to investigate, test and record some of the effects that the force of gravity can have on a range of different objects and materials. 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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