Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify examples of fiction that can occur between a pair of surfaces and a template to record the results of an investigation into how friction can affect the movement of objects made from different materials.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to conduct a test to investigate how friction can affect the movements of different objects.

This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to practise conducting a range of fair tests to identify and compare different materials based on magnetism and friction that can occur between surfaces. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.