Forces and Motion

This is a common conflation. Children know that magnets are associated with a magnetic force and that there is magnetism...

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Some pupils will argue that air is needed to enable magnets to attract and repel each other.

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Some pupils only associate gravity with situations where something is falling.

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Distinguishing–eliciting–connecting. How to:

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You might try using Newton's thought experiment, of throwing a ball into orbit from a huge mountain to transfer this idea that...

Teaching Guidance 5-11 11-14

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There's a good chance you could improve your teaching if you were to try these strategies.

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Distinguishing–eliciting–connecting. How to:

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An OHP transparency or a well crafted computer-displayed slide can be used to show how the forces might be drawn on such a...

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Pupils are often unable to associate a force with an inanimate object. People can apply a force to objects–they make a...

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When selecting things from the lived-in world to be about objects on which forces might act it's a good idea to select simple...

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Early introductions to forces in equilibrium will be via static situations. However, rather than identifying forces which sum...

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