Pushes and Pulls
Students learn that a force is a push or a pull, sort everyday actions into pushes and pulls, see how forces can start, stop, speed up or…
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 15 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
96 free physical sciences resources. Forces, motion, energy, light, sound and electricity. Typically taught from Foundation to Year 12.
Students learn that a force is a push or a pull, sort everyday actions into pushes and pulls, see how forces can start, stop, speed up or…
Children describe different ways objects move — rolling, sliding, spinning and bouncing — find out how an object's shape changes the way…
Children learn that sounds are made when things vibrate, that we hear with our ears, and how sounds can be loud or soft and high or low —…
Children investigate how the steepness of a ramp changes how fast and how far a toy car rolls, make a prediction, keep the test fair, read…
Students learn that a force is a push or a pull, sort everyday actions into pushes and pulls, see how forces can start, stop, speed up or…
Children describe different ways objects move — rolling, sliding, spinning and bouncing — find out how an object's shape changes the way…
Children learn that sounds are made when things vibrate, that we hear with our ears, and how sounds can be loud or soft and high or low —…
Children investigate how the steepness of a ramp changes how fast and how far a toy car rolls, make a prediction, keep the test fair, read…
Students learn that a force is a push or a pull, sort everyday actions into pushes and pulls, see how forces can start, stop, speed up or…
Children describe different ways objects move — rolling, sliding, spinning and bouncing — find out how an object's shape changes the way…
Children learn that sounds are made when things vibrate, that we hear with our ears, and how sounds can be loud or soft and high or low —…
Children investigate how the steepness of a ramp changes how fast and how far a toy car rolls, make a prediction, keep the test fair, read…
Students learn where heat comes from, that heat moves from hotter things to colder things, and which materials let heat through easily…
Students learn what temperature is, how to read a thermometer in degrees Celsius, compare temperatures such as freezing water, body…
Students explore the different ways heat can be produced — sunlight, burning fuels, rubbing surfaces together (friction), electricity…
Students learn where heat comes from, that heat moves from hotter things to colder things, and which materials let heat through easily…
Students learn what temperature is, how to read a thermometer in degrees Celsius, compare temperatures such as freezing water, body…
Students explore the different ways heat can be produced — sunlight, burning fuels, rubbing surfaces together (friction), electricity…
Students learn where heat comes from, that heat moves from hotter things to colder things, and which materials let heat through easily…
Students learn what temperature is, how to read a thermometer in degrees Celsius, compare temperatures such as freezing water, body…
Students explore the different ways heat can be produced — sunlight, burning fuels, rubbing surfaces together (friction), electricity…
Students learn that friction is a force that slows moving things when surfaces rub together, that gravity pulls things towards the Earth,…
Students learn that some forces act only when objects touch (pushes, pulls, friction) while others act from a distance (gravity,…
Students learn how simple machines — levers, ramps (inclined planes), wheels and axles, and pulleys — make work easier by changing the…
Students learn that friction is a force that slows moving things when surfaces rub together, that gravity pulls things towards the Earth,…
Students learn that some forces act only when objects touch (pushes, pulls, friction) while others act from a distance (gravity,…
Students learn how simple machines — levers, ramps (inclined planes), wheels and axles, and pulleys — make work easier by changing the…
Students learn that friction is a force that slows moving things when surfaces rub together, that gravity pulls things towards the Earth,…
Students learn that some forces act only when objects touch (pushes, pulls, friction) while others act from a distance (gravity,…
Students learn how simple machines — levers, ramps (inclined planes), wheels and axles, and pulleys — make work easier by changing the…
Students learn that light travels in straight lines, how shadows form when an opaque object blocks light, how we see things by reflected…
Students learn that sounds are made by vibrations, that sound travels through solids, liquids and gases but not through empty space, how…
Students trace the path of light from a source, off an object and into the eye, learn the jobs of the cornea, pupil, iris, lens, retina…
Students learn that light bends (refracts) when it passes from one transparent material into another, explain why a pencil looks bent in…
Students learn that light travels in straight lines, how shadows form when an opaque object blocks light, how we see things by reflected…
Students learn that sounds are made by vibrations, that sound travels through solids, liquids and gases but not through empty space, how…
Students trace the path of light from a source, off an object and into the eye, learn the jobs of the cornea, pupil, iris, lens, retina…
Students learn that light bends (refracts) when it passes from one transparent material into another, explain why a pencil looks bent in…
Students learn that light travels in straight lines, how shadows form when an opaque object blocks light, how we see things by reflected…
Students learn that sounds are made by vibrations, that sound travels through solids, liquids and gases but not through empty space, how…
Students trace the path of light from a source, off an object and into the eye, learn the jobs of the cornea, pupil, iris, lens, retina…
Students learn that light bends (refracts) when it passes from one transparent material into another, explain why a pencil looks bent in…
Students learn what makes a complete circuit, the job of each part (battery, wires, bulb and switch), how conductors and insulators…
Students learn that forces are pushes and pulls measured in newtons, name common forces such as gravity, friction, air resistance and…
Students learn which materials are magnetic, that magnets have a north and a south pole, that like poles repel and unlike poles attract,…
Students learn the difference between renewable energy sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal) and non-renewable sources (coal, oil,…
Students learn what makes a complete circuit, the job of each part (battery, wires, bulb and switch), how conductors and insulators…
Students learn that forces are pushes and pulls measured in newtons, name common forces such as gravity, friction, air resistance and…
Students learn which materials are magnetic, that magnets have a north and a south pole, that like poles repel and unlike poles attract,…
Students learn the difference between renewable energy sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal) and non-renewable sources (coal, oil,…
Students learn what makes a complete circuit, the job of each part (battery, wires, bulb and switch), how conductors and insulators…
Students learn that forces are pushes and pulls measured in newtons, name common forces such as gravity, friction, air resistance and…
Students learn which materials are magnetic, that magnets have a north and a south pole, that like poles repel and unlike poles attract,…
Students learn the difference between renewable energy sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal) and non-renewable sources (coal, oil,…
Students identify kinetic, gravitational and elastic potential, chemical, electrical, thermal, light and sound energy, then trace the…
Students use the particle model to explain how thermal energy moves by conduction, convection and radiation, classify everyday examples of…
Students classify energy resources such as coal, natural gas, uranium, wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal and biomass as renewable or…
Students identify kinetic, gravitational and elastic potential, chemical, electrical, thermal, light and sound energy, then trace the…
Students use the particle model to explain how thermal energy moves by conduction, convection and radiation, classify everyday examples of…
Students classify energy resources such as coal, natural gas, uranium, wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal and biomass as renewable or…
Students identify kinetic, gravitational and elastic potential, chemical, electrical, thermal, light and sound energy, then trace the…
Students use the particle model to explain how thermal energy moves by conduction, convection and radiation, classify everyday examples of…
Students classify energy resources such as coal, natural gas, uranium, wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal and biomass as renewable or…
Students describe sound as a longitudinal wave of compressions and rarefactions and define amplitude, wavelength, frequency and period,…
Students define current, voltage and resistance with their units and measuring instruments, then use Ohm's law (V = IR) to calculate…
Students apply the law of reflection to find angles and describe images in plane mirrors, predict whether light bends towards or away from…
Students describe sound as a longitudinal wave of compressions and rarefactions and define amplitude, wavelength, frequency and period,…
Students define current, voltage and resistance with their units and measuring instruments, then use Ohm's law (V = IR) to calculate…
Students apply the law of reflection to find angles and describe images in plane mirrors, predict whether light bends towards or away from…
Students describe sound as a longitudinal wave of compressions and rarefactions and define amplitude, wavelength, frequency and period,…
Students define current, voltage and resistance with their units and measuring instruments, then use Ohm's law (V = IR) to calculate…
Students apply the law of reflection to find angles and describe images in plane mirrors, predict whether light bends towards or away from…
Students calculate speed, velocity and acceleration with correct SI units, convert between km/h and m/s, and use F = ma to find force,…
Students apply the law of conservation of energy to account for every joule in a device, then calculate efficiency as a percentage using…
Students describe motion from the shape of distance–time and velocity–time graphs, calculate speed from the gradient of a distance–time…
Students calculate electrical power with P = VI and P = E ÷ t, convert between joules and kilowatt-hours, and find the current drawn by…
Students calculate speed, velocity and acceleration with correct SI units, convert between km/h and m/s, and use F = ma to find force,…
Students apply the law of conservation of energy to account for every joule in a device, then calculate efficiency as a percentage using…
Students describe motion from the shape of distance–time and velocity–time graphs, calculate speed from the gradient of a distance–time…
Students calculate electrical power with P = VI and P = E ÷ t, convert between joules and kilowatt-hours, and find the current drawn by…
Students calculate speed, velocity and acceleration with correct SI units, convert between km/h and m/s, and use F = ma to find force,…
Students apply the law of conservation of energy to account for every joule in a device, then calculate efficiency as a percentage using…
Students describe motion from the shape of distance–time and velocity–time graphs, calculate speed from the gradient of a distance–time…
Students calculate electrical power with P = VI and P = E ÷ t, convert between joules and kilowatt-hours, and find the current drawn by…