Hi everyone,
My name is Mary Murphy.
The number of stars in the Milky Way is probably higher than the number of humans that have ever been born, is a pretty mind- boggling thought about space, for me.
I’ve been in learning support for many years so I haven’t had a chance to try out science lessons yet. I will be moving to a junior class next year and hope to try this lesson.
Force and Mass
Students can consider of force and mass and discuss how those two factors work together to create acceleration when I try to move a piece of furniture to get their attention on the issue.
The object of the lesson is to help pupils understand the acceleration of an object depends on how much force is exerted, as well as the mass of the object. Pupils wil discover that you must exert more force on an object with a lot of mass than you would on an object with less mass.
Then I would facilitate pupils in experimenting with this by providing objects they can compare as they exert force. e.g. a balloon and a basketball, a book and pencil case, toy car and lorry and other objects to hand. I would encourage them to exert as close to the same force as possible on each object when moving them.
We would then discuss how many real-life examples your learners can find of force and mass in action e.g. in the playground see saw going up and down, swings going back and over.
Children would record their observations and share them with the class to promote further discussion.
