Forces
What is a force?
Find out how how forces, like pushes and pulls, move objects.
All about friction
Find out about how friction acts against movement and how this can be useful.
What is friction?
Find out about friction, a force between two surfaces that are sliding across each other.
What are water and air resistance?
Find out how air resistance affects falling objects and how water resistance affects the speed of things travelling in water.
Magnetic, electrostatic and gravitational forces
Find out about how gravity, magnetism and electrostatic forces can affect objects over a distance.
What is gravity?
What does gravity do? Who was Sir Isaac Newton? How is gravity different on the moon?
What is a magnet?
Learn about the north and south poles of magnets and how we use magnets in everyday life.
Which metals are magnetic?
Learn more about magnets and which metals are attracted to them.
All about buoyancy
Find out how buoyancy keeps objects afloat and try out a buoyancy experiment.
What is buoyancy?
Find out why some objects float and others sink in this introduction to buoyancy.
Video playlist
Gravity on Earth, Jupiter and Pluto. Video
The different effects of gravity on Earth compared to Jupiter or Pluto.
Friction on the ski slopes (signed). Video
An investigation into friction on the ski slopes. Different types of skis are tested
Air resistance. Video
A brief explanation of what air resistance is and how it can be reduced.
Testing friction on the road (Signed) Video
How friction on road surfaces is tested to ensure driver safety.