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Lesson 1
Playdough experiment
Physical sciences
FORCED TO MOVE
Challenge 1 Challenge 2
Instructions
Roll the playdough into a ball.
Place it on the counter so that it is
still. Hit one side of the ball using a
sweeping motion of medium force.
Questions
1. Which force was applied to the
playdough?
push pull gravity
2. What happened to the
playdough?
It changed position.
It changed direction.
It changed shape.
It changed size.
Instructions
Place a flat piece of playdough onto
the table. Using a medium force,
slice the playdough in half with the
edge of a ruler and remove one half.
Questions
1. Which force was applied to the
playdough?
push pull gravity
2. What happened to the
playdough?
It changed position.
It changed direction.
It changed shape.
It changed size.
Challenge 3 Challenge 4
Instructions
Roll the playdough into a ball. Grip
two sides of the ball with both
hands. Move your hands apart
slowly to stretch the ball.
Questions
1. Which force was applied to the
playdough?
Instructions
Roll the playdough into a ball. Push
the ball across the table using a
medium force so that it falls off the
edge of the table.
Questions
1. Which force was applied to the
playdough?
push pull gravity push pull gravity
2. What happened to the
playdough?
2. What happened to the
playdough?
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It changed position.
It changed direction.
It changed shape.
It changed size.
It changed position.
It changed direction.
It changed shape.
It changed size.
116 Science:
A STEM APPROACH
YEAR
2
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