PYP: How the World Works: SG1

Understanding how forces work helps people identify problems and create solutions.

Lines of Inquiry

• What are forces
• How forces create different reactions
• How we use forces in our lives

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Standard: AC9S1U03
Describe pushes and pulls in terms of strength and direction and predict the effect of these forces on objects’ motion and shape.

• Observing and manipulating everyday objects such as playground equipment, toys, windows or doors and identifying the forces used to move these objects
• Recognizing that pushing or pulling on an object can start or stop its motion or change its direction of travel
• Exploring ways the shape of playdough can be changed when pushed or pulled
• Designing playground equipment, toys or games and representing push and pull forces involved using models, digital drawings or role-play
• Investigating the push and pull movements of traditional First Nations Australians children’s instructive toys
• Exploring how traditional Asian toys and games such as a kendama, Daruma Otoshi or shuttlecock are played using a push or pull