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Introduction

Forces are pushes and pulls. 

 

Let's have a reminder about forces:

How do you open a door?
Push or pull it!

 

a door

 

What happens if you kick a football?
You push it!

 

foot kicking a ball

 

How do you cut an apple in half?
You push the knife through it!

 

In this activity, you can use your understanding of forces to work out what's going on as a group of children test a selection of toys to see what happens when they push them or pull them.

 

Boy playing with toy cars

 

Let's get started.