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Check your weight on any planet and find out why it differs.

Find out about aerodynamic drag on the cyclist.

Three page slideshow summary of this learning objective. Very short but still quite useful

Goal Shots

A new interactive game tackling the interpretation of distance/time graphs in the context of a football match.

Find out about the forces acting on a toy car with this interactive activity.

Kung Fu Science

Explore the physics behind Kung Fu with this very visual multimedia site. Some quite difficult science for this age group but might inspire some.

Find out more about the physics of amusement park rides. Look carefully, there are some of interactive activities to do.

Take a walk!

Investigate the effect of different surfaces on friction, an online experiment.

Use jets of gas to control a cosmonaut in space. Beware! Things move differently in space where there is no gravity.

Watch these 4 short videos on friction.

Work out how to avoid disaster in the gynastics event using your ideas about forces

Find out about balanced and unbalanced forces with this animated interactive site. Can you save parkworld by using your learning?

Explore pages 1 - 3, carry on going if you like!

Explore pages 5 and 6

Revise unbalanced forces,

Stop that car!

Click the Start button then click Brake when the light turns red to see your thinking and braking distances.

Read all about frictional forces. Then try the activity and do the test!

Bitesize: Forces Game

Use your knowledge of air resistance, balanced forces and gravity to help Carrie diffuse the situation.

Bitesize: Fricion

Use your knowledge of friction to get MI High's Carrie to the Invigatron before Beryl 'The Beefcake' Bagshot steals it!

Play tug of war, then look at the effect of different forces and friction on different objects.

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