Car crashes, rock climbers, fast skiers and hard-boiled eggs demonstrate various types and effects of forces.
Skeletons, hot air balloons and water wells show how levers and other machines work.
Spiders’ webs, bridges and train crashes examine the strength and design of structures.
Each chapter presents questions that entice students to develop and design investigative experiments.
Forces
Effects of Forces
- Getting things Moving
- It’s Hard to Stop
- Stopping moving
- Belt Up
- Slip or Grip
- Slowing things down – plans missing
- A slippery business
- Make it slippy
- In Good Shape
- All in a Spin
Invisible Forces
Types of Machines
- Making Work Easier
- Levers
- Raising Water by Hand
- Raising Water by Machine
- The Human Machine
- The Animal Machine
- Squeezy Bottle Racers
- On Your Bike
- Round and Round
- It’s all under Control
Structures
- There’s no Place Like Home
- Building a Nest
- Bridge that Gap
- Arch Bridges
- Testing Bridges
- Testing the Real Thing
- The Spider’s Web
- Built for Strength
- Play Safe
- Putting up a Tent – missing plan.
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