Forces
Unit
Science
Year 5
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Science Unit Description
Editable presentation
Group work
Active
Discussion based learning
Year 5 Science unit, Forces, uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built upon a key question and explore the way in which forces effect the way things move. It also introduces students to pivotal scientists, such as Isaac Newton, who made major contributions to this area of science.
Unit contents
Overview Documents
![Long-term overview - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/de180a2b-6018-43ac-af6f-336dd61ffc04.png)
Long-term overview - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
The long-term overview for the unit Forces from Focus Education
![Knowledge organiser - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/3b2d55cf-9590-408a-85cd-3865c99f879a.png)
Knowledge organiser - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
The knowledge organiser from the unit Forces from Focus Education
![Progression pedagogy - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/a5a799c3-a425-460e-9e87-0ae7efc38641.png)
Progression pedagogy - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
The progression pedagogy from the unit Forces from Focus Education
![Link it! Prior knowledge - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/4c28ed5b-4a67-4804-8659-d75d65319ace.png)
Link it! Prior knowledge - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
Link it! Prior knowledge - Forces - Year 5 is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit from Focus Education, it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge
![Check it! - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/25f2f3d9-1954-49ce-8db0-f3a79fee361e.png)
Check it! - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
Check it! - Forces - Year 5 is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit from Focus Education.
Lessons
![What is gravity and what is its impact on our lives?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/fab4200e-91d1-4a09-a115-e775ac07a3d3.png)
What is gravity and what is its impact on our lives?
Lesson
Science
Y5
This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'What is gravity and what is its impact on our lives? ' It is a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Forces from Focus Education.
![What are pulleys and how do they reduce the force needed to lift a heavy object?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/e50a19c7-d99e-47a3-87f6-25db034c984d.png)
What are pulleys and how do they reduce the force needed to lift a heavy object?
Lesson
Science
Y5
This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'What are pulleys and how do they reduce the force needed to lift a heavy object? ' It is a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Forces from Focus Education.
![How are pulleys used in everyday life?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/f359a80a-0ca1-426c-b0b7-b58118171140.png)
How are pulleys used in everyday life?
Lesson
Science
Y5
This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'How are pulleys used in everyday life?' It is a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Forces from Focus Education.
![What is friction and what effect does it have?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/d9ce6787-dd59-4f8a-b835-8d45881166ff.png)
What is friction and what effect does it have?
Lesson
Science
Y5
This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'What is friction and what effect does it have?' It is a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Forces from Focus Education.
![How doe gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/2d1cba25-022c-4695-968b-9c8fca8e2be8.png)
How doe gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect?
Lesson
Science
Y5
This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'How doe gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect? ' It is a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Forces from Focus Education.
Overview Documents
![Show it! - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/22f8e672-37a5-47a0-82f4-cb12fd065572.png)
Show it! - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
Show it! - Forces - Year 5 is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit from Focus Education
Assessment for Learning Resources
![Know it!](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/12a7330f-795c-46f8-8968-1a857338c05b.png)
Know it!
Resource
Science
Y5
Know it! - teacher's notes' is a resource to assess pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 5 unit, Forces
![Assessment for learning - vocabulary and definition check - worksheet](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/03fbd813-672e-46b6-94fa-d6d2a501d3ca.png)
Assessment for learning - vocabulary and definition check - worksheet
Resource
Science
Y5
Assessment for learning - vocabulary and definition check - worksheet' is a resource to assess pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 5 unit, Forces
![Cops and robbers - What do you know about a force and its impact upon the way things move? - worksheet](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/bf6bb86c-80cc-41aa-b838-6f42e0ed47e3.png)
Cops and robbers - What do you know about a force and its impact upon the way things move? - worksheet
Resource
Science
Y5
Cops and robbers - What do you know about a force and its impact upon the way things move? - worksheet' is a resource to assess pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 5 unit, Forces
![Assessment for learning - knowledge and understanding check - worksheet](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/9383bc98-694b-4149-92dd-dc9e5748433d.png)
Assessment for learning - knowledge and understanding check - worksheet
Resource
Science
Y5
Assessment for learning - knowledge and understanding check - worksheet' is a resource to assess pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 5 unit, Forces
Unit contents
Overview Documents
![Long-term overview - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/de180a2b-6018-43ac-af6f-336dd61ffc04.png)
Long-term overview - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
The long-term overview for the unit Forces from Focus Education
![Knowledge organiser - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/3b2d55cf-9590-408a-85cd-3865c99f879a.png)
Knowledge organiser - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
The knowledge organiser from the unit Forces from Focus Education
![Progression pedagogy - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/a5a799c3-a425-460e-9e87-0ae7efc38641.png)
Progression pedagogy - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
The progression pedagogy from the unit Forces from Focus Education
![Link it! Prior knowledge - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/4c28ed5b-4a67-4804-8659-d75d65319ace.png)
Link it! Prior knowledge - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
Link it! Prior knowledge - Forces - Year 5 is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit from Focus Education, it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge
![Check it! - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/25f2f3d9-1954-49ce-8db0-f3a79fee361e.png)
Check it! - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
Check it! - Forces - Year 5 is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit from Focus Education.
Lessons
![What is gravity and what is its impact on our lives?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/fab4200e-91d1-4a09-a115-e775ac07a3d3.png)
What is gravity and what is its impact on our lives?
Lesson
Science
Y5
This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'What is gravity and what is its impact on our lives? ' It is a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Forces from Focus Education.
![What are pulleys and how do they reduce the force needed to lift a heavy object?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/e50a19c7-d99e-47a3-87f6-25db034c984d.png)
What are pulleys and how do they reduce the force needed to lift a heavy object?
Lesson
Science
Y5
This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'What are pulleys and how do they reduce the force needed to lift a heavy object? ' It is a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Forces from Focus Education.
![How are pulleys used in everyday life?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/f359a80a-0ca1-426c-b0b7-b58118171140.png)
How are pulleys used in everyday life?
Lesson
Science
Y5
This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'How are pulleys used in everyday life?' It is a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Forces from Focus Education.
![What is friction and what effect does it have?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/d9ce6787-dd59-4f8a-b835-8d45881166ff.png)
What is friction and what effect does it have?
Lesson
Science
Y5
This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'What is friction and what effect does it have?' It is a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Forces from Focus Education.
![How doe gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/2d1cba25-022c-4695-968b-9c8fca8e2be8.png)
How doe gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect?
Lesson
Science
Y5
This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'How doe gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect? ' It is a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Forces from Focus Education.
Overview Documents
![Show it! - Forces - Year 5](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/22f8e672-37a5-47a0-82f4-cb12fd065572.png)
Show it! - Forces - Year 5
Resource
Science
Y5
Show it! - Forces - Year 5 is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit from Focus Education
Assessment for Learning Resources
![Know it!](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/12a7330f-795c-46f8-8968-1a857338c05b.png)
Know it!
Resource
Science
Y5
Know it! - teacher's notes' is a resource to assess pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 5 unit, Forces
![Assessment for learning - vocabulary and definition check - worksheet](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/03fbd813-672e-46b6-94fa-d6d2a501d3ca.png)
Assessment for learning - vocabulary and definition check - worksheet
Resource
Science
Y5
Assessment for learning - vocabulary and definition check - worksheet' is a resource to assess pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 5 unit, Forces
![Cops and robbers - What do you know about a force and its impact upon the way things move? - worksheet](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/bf6bb86c-80cc-41aa-b838-6f42e0ed47e3.png)
Cops and robbers - What do you know about a force and its impact upon the way things move? - worksheet
Resource
Science
Y5
Cops and robbers - What do you know about a force and its impact upon the way things move? - worksheet' is a resource to assess pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 5 unit, Forces
![Assessment for learning - knowledge and understanding check - worksheet](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/9383bc98-694b-4149-92dd-dc9e5748433d.png)
Assessment for learning - knowledge and understanding check - worksheet
Resource
Science
Y5
Assessment for learning - knowledge and understanding check - worksheet' is a resource to assess pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 5 unit, Forces
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