Force, Weight & Mass KS3

A comprehensive and enjoyable introduction to forces and an explanation of the relationship between mass and weight.

What’s Covered

• Force is a pull or a push with examples.
• Arrows indicate the direction of force.
• Contact and non-contact forces explained and examples
• Forces can change an objects speed, direction or shape
• The Newton and newtonmeter.
• Real-life examples of forces.
• All objects attract each other and that the attraction force depends on the size of the object.
• The attraction force of planets is called gravity which acts towards the centre.
• Gravity hold Earth’s atmosphere in place.
• Mass is the amount of material in a body, is measured in kilograms (Kg) and is independent of position.
• Weight is the effect of gravity pulling on a mass.
• Units for gravitational field strength are N/Kg.
• Applying W = m x g to calculate weight of a body on Earth, the Moon and Jupiter.

Practical

• The first simple practical gives pupils experience in reading scales as they find the weight of their pencil case and other items provided by the teacher. (selection of different objects and different size newtonmeters needed)
• The second practical introduces an element of fun and competition by using a bathroom scales calibrated in Newtons (an ordinary bathroom scales can be used but multiply the reading in kilograms by 10) to find the person with the strongest grip in the class (photograph of how to do this shown on the PowerPoint)

What’s Included

• Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz (x2)
• Answer PowerPoint to make self and peer assessment easier
• Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers) (x2)
• Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary) (x2)
• Foldable x2)
• Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes) (x2)
• Worksheet to support the PowerPoint (x2)
• Fact sheet (x2)
• Homework plus answers (x6)
• Fact share worksheet (x2)
• 12 Taboo cards
• Pupil progress self-assessment checklist(x2)
• Exit Ticket
• Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources (x2)

This pack contains thirty resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.

All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually

Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba

Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law

The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)

7 Game Compendium for Module 1

6 Game Compendium for Module 2

Forces - 13 Game Compendium

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