Contact and non-contact force GCSE Forces

Contact and non-contact forces GCSE Forces

GCSE Combined Science and Physics (2020)

An introduction to contact and non-contact forces including descriptions of frictional forces, air resistance, tension, normal contact forces, gravitational, magnetic and electrostatic forces.

This is lesson 2 for the Forces section of the GCSE specifications with a PowerPoint presentation leading through descriptions of each of the forces.

This short lesson includes:

A set of starter questions to review scalar and vector quantities with answers.

A description of each type of force.

A set of questions to review the learning objectives.

Note: This is a short lesson ideal for revision or the information could be added to a circus of activities to make a complete lesson.