Force Weight and Mass Explained 2 Fully Resourced Lessons Plus Find the Pair Game KS3

Two fully resourced lessons which provide a comprehensive and enjoyable introduction to forces and an explanation of the relationship between mass and weight. Each topic comes with an engaging animated PowerPoint and a collection of thirteen worksheets, guided notes, activities and homework. All answers are provided. For each lesson, a one – page flow chart lesson plan shows where logical choices can be made between resources if time requires.

Find the Pair is an engaging and enjoyable memory game and a great way for middle school students to consolidate learning on forces, weight and mass. It is also, a really useful tool for test prep - so much fun, students don’t even realise they are learning!

What’s Covered

• Force is a pull or a push with examples.
• Arrows indicate the direction of force.
• Contact and non-contact forces explained and examples
• Forces can change an objects speed, direction or shape
• The Newton and newtonmeter.
• Real-life examples of forces.
• All objects attract each other and that the attraction force depends on the size of the object.
• The attraction force of planets is called gravity which acts towards the centre.
• Gravity hold Earth’s atmosphere in place.
• Mass is the amount of material in a body, is measured in kilograms (Kg) and is independent of position.
• Weight is the effect of gravity pulling on a mass.
• Units for gravitational field strength are N/Kg.
• Applying W = m x g to calculate weight of a body on Earth, the Moon and Jupiter.

Practical

• The first simple practical gives pupils experience in reading scales as they find the weight of their pencil case and other items provided by the teacher. (selection of different objects and different size newtonmeters needed)
• The second practical introduces an element of fun and competition by using a bathroom scales calibrated in Newtons (an ordinary bathroom scales can be used but multiply the reading in kilograms by 10) to find the person with the strongest grip in the class (photograph of how to do this shown on the PowerPoint)

What’s Included

• Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz (x2)
• Answer PowerPoint to make self and peer assessment easier
• Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers) (x2)
• Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary) (x2)
• Foldable x2)
• Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes) (x2)
• Worksheet to support the PowerPoint (x2)
• Fact sheet (x2)
• Homework plus answers (x6)
• Fact share worksheet (x2)
• 12 Taboo cards
• Pupil progress self-assessment checklist(x2)
• Exit Ticket
• Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources (x2)

**Included in this Pack **

• 42 question and answer cards
• Teacher’s answer sheet.
• Instruction sheet

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