Forces - Air Resistance - Classroom, Distance and Blended Learning for KS3

The two packs in this resource allow the same lesson to be taught to students whether they are in a classroom or distance learning at home. It facilitates hybrid learning and provides equality of opportunity for students who are unable to attend school.

The classroom resource consists of an animated 16 - slide PowerPoint and 13 varied and exciting printables including a foldable, cut-and-stick and progress check. The one-page flowchart lesson plan shows where choices can be made between the printables so that the teacher can select the activities to suit the exact needs of their class.

The distance learning pack consists of a 51 - slide animated PowerPoint which, not only teaches the science but also how to gain maximum benefit from distance learning. The PowerPoint has been designed to replace the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. Additional worksheets, cut-outs, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress. These can be printed off by the student or provided by school. There is also a short digital test/homework which can be returned to the teacher.

What’s Covered

• Understanding air resistance as collisions between the front of an object and air particles very easy to understand.
• Demonstration of why streamlined bodies reduce air resistance to travel faster.
• A visual explanation of the relationship between acceleration due to gravity, sir resistance, steady speed and why parachutes work.

Understanding is reinforced by two simple but exciting virtual practicals investigating :

• The relationship between surface area of a parachute and air resistance
• Do streamlined objects travel faster in
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