My Pals are Here! Primary 5&6 Science - Interactions

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Theme: Interactions Chapter 1: Forces

MOVING CAR

Teaching strategy QuestioningProcess skills PredictingEthics and attitudes CuriosityTime 15 minutesStream Standard

Adam applied a force on a toy car. The distance travelled by the car from point A and when it came to a rest at point B was measured. The car was returned to its original starting position and Tim repeated the experiment.

The results of the experiment were presented in the table below.

Adam Timx cm 15 25

(a) What type of force was applied to make the car move?

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(b) Who used a larger force to move the car, Adam or Tim? Explain your answer.

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(c) Will it be a fair experiment if Tim uses a different car? Give a reason for your answer.

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distance travelled (x)

Point A Point B

My Pals are Here! Primary 5&6 Science - Interactions

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Theme: Interactions Chapter 1: Forces

MOVING CAR

(a) A push was applied to make the car move.

(b) Tim used a larger force to move the car.

(c) It will not be a fair experiment if Tim uses a different car because if the weight of the two cars are different, it will affect the accuracy of the results.

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