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      Stomp Rocket Design Challenge

      • TLF-IDA002082

      This resource provides a scaffold for students to complete a design challenge. The design challenge requires students to create a stomp rocket that can travel to a chosen planet in the solar system. The design challenge can also be used to investigate forces and energy. It can be delivered over a number of lessons, or it ...

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      Plotting a Magnetic Field

      • TLF-IDM016553

      Students use this resource consisting of seven slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand how to plot the magnetic field around a bar magnet using a plotting compass. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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      Understanding Magnets

      • TLF-IDM016196

      In this simulation students select an object made of one of two materials (either iron or aluminium) and use magnets to guide the object through a maze. Engages students while they learn that aluminium is not attracted to magnets but iron is.

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      Unbalanced Forces

      • TLF-IDM016582

      Students use this resource consisting of eight slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand that unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of movement of objects and that balanced forces produce no change in the movement of an object. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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      Forces

      • TLF-IDM016215

      Students use this resource consisting of seven slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand what forces are and what they can do. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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      Balanced Forces

      • TLF-IDM016421

      Students use this resource consisting of five slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand that balanced forces produce no change in the movement of an object. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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      experiMENTALS: Magic rocking candle

      • TLF-IDM016610

      This resource contains a materials and instruction list and brief explanation for students about the process of burning both ends of a balancing candle. This activity is most likely to be done as a teacher demonstration for safety and classroom management reasons, particularly at primary school level.

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      Pivots and Levers: animation

      • TLF-IDM016612

      Students use this resource consisting of one page with a diagram of a lever whose length can be varied. A weight is then applied to the lever and students can see whether the force was sufficient to lift a crate. This demonstrates that forces can cause a lever to turn about a pivot and that the turning effect of a lever ...

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      experiMENTALS: Trumpet straw

      • TLF-IDM016294

      This resource contains a materials and instruction list and brief explanation for students about the process of making a straw that can produce vibrations when blown through.

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      Pivots and Levers

      • TLF-IDM016302

      Students use this resource consisting of seven slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand that forces can cause objects to turn about a pivot and that the turning effect of a lever depends on the force and its distance from the pivot. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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      experiMENTALS: ink chromatography

      • TLF-IDM016535

      This resource contains a materials and instruction list and brief explanation for students about the process of separating ink mixtures using paper chromatography.

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      Energy skate park: basics

      • TLF-IDM012215

      This is an interactive teaching and learning resource that years 7 to 10 secondary school students can use to simulate the motion of a skateboarder descending and ascending on a variety of tracks. Height, speed and energy conservation are visually displayed. The skater's mass and starting height, as well as the drag he ...

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      What Forces Do

      • TLF-IDM016129

      Students use this resource consisting of six slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to introduce forces, indicate what they can do and how to measure them. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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      experiMENTALS: Keys on a shoelace

      • TLF-IDM016617

      This resource contains a materials and instruction list and brief explanation for students to show that keys on a shoelace can do some unexpected things.

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      experiMENTALS: Levitating balloon

      • TLF-IDM016651

      This resource contains a materials and instruction list and brief explanation for students about the process of levitating a balloon.

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      National Science Week flight special

      • TLF-IDM016721

      This resource contains lessons plans containing instructions and teachers' notes for fun experiments focusing on the science of flight. Try them in your classroom and watch Elliot and the Surfing Scientist tackle them on Roller-coaster. A wide ranges of activities with clear directions and illustrations based on a range ...

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      Gravity

      • TLF-IDM016722

      Students use this resource consisting of four slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand that gravity is a force of attraction which acts on Earth towards the centre of the planet, and that the size of the force of gravity depends on the mass of each object and the distance between them. There ...

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      Rotocopters

      • TLF-IDM016727

      This resource contains lessons plans containing instructions and teachers' notes for a lesson that can be part of a unit on flight or used as a great motivating activity to foster positive attitudes. The clear and explicit instructions are a good example of a procedural text. The notes also provide a clear explanation of ...

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      Sites2See: Surf safety

      • TLF-IDM015335

      A webpage about surfing safety, dangerous waves and rips, and the history and science of surfing. A 'For Kids' section provides games and quizzes for young swimmers and surfers.

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      Useful Friction

      • TLF-IDM016524

      Students use this resource consisting of six slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand how friction is needed in movement and braking. The fact that friction produces heat and causes wear is also mentioned. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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