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Investigate the Effect of Forces on Marbles

In this worksheet, students will be part of an investigation into the effect of forces on how far a marble rolls.

'Investigate the Effect of Forces on Marbles' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 3 Science worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Forces and Magnets

Curriculum subtopic:   Movement on Different Surfaces

Popular topics:   Physics worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

Sam, Keira and Erin were doing an investigation to find out about how far a marble travels. They wanted to see whether the surface the marble rolled across made any difference to how far it went.

 

Here is the equipment they used:

 

 Marble rolling ramp

 

In each of the following questions, imagine that you are part of the team investigating marbles and think about what you would do.

 

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