All About Forces

All About Forces

Ms. Musselman

Forces

• Please watch the short video if you need a quick reminder on forces.

• A force is a push or pull that creates movement.

• A force can be weak or strong.

Multiple Choice

Do you remember what a force is?

• A push or pull creating movement

• pulls everything down to the ground

• When two things rub together

• heat energy

Fill in the Blanks

I would use a

force to push a fridge

Fill in the Blanks

I would use a

force to push a baby stroller.

Force and direction

• The direction that a force is applied matters as much as how strong the force is.

• Different forces may be applied in different directions.

• Right, left, toward, forward, up, down, and diagonal are all

Open Ended

Write a sentence about going uphill or walking on level ground. Use the terms stronger force and weaker force.

Play this game to practice using force and direction

https://pbskids.org/ruff/sports/game

Multiple Choice

If you push or pull an object an object by touching it, you a apply a _________ ___________.

• noncontact force

• strong force

• Contact force

Balanced and Unbalanced forces.

• Pairs of forces are either balanced or unbalanced

• Balanced forces cancel each other out because they are equal in size and opposite in direction.

• When one force is stronger than the other and the forces act in different directions, they are unbalanced.

Balanced and Unbalanced forces

Watch this short but super fun video about balanced and unbalanced forces.

Fill in the Blanks

A(n)

force creates movement.

All about friction.

Let's let more about friction

Multiple Choice

The amount of friction depends on the weight of the objects pressing together.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Friction is a force that acts in an ___________ direction of movement.

• similar

• opposite

• parallel

• west

GRAVITY

let's learning more about gravity!!

Multiple Choice

A person weights _______ on the moon than they do on Earth.

• the same

• more

• less

Multiple Choice

An object with mass has gravity.

• True

• False

Poll

How much to you like science!? Ms. Musselman LOVES science!

• I LOVE science!

• Science is fun

• Science is not my favorite

• I do not like science