Resource #V101041

Précis

Students can explore pushing and pulling aspects of the locomotive and how the carriages are moved around, the effects of pulling and pushing levers in the signal box, as well as their own physical pulling and pushing processing when entering and leaving the train during their visit.

Contextual Summary

This resource is relevant to lower key stage 2 students who are undertaking work on ?Forces? in Year 3. It allows students who visit the Isle of Wight Steam Railway to engage with the scientific aspects of forces within this environment.

Curriculum Relevance

Science → Physics → Forces

Implementation

This task can be introduced to students before their visit to Isle of Wight Steam Railway; it would be particularly useful if they have done some basic work on pulling and pushing forces. When on site at the railway, students can then complete the questions on the sheet as they move around the venue. This will focus students? attention on the key areas for learning. Alternatively, this resource works well as a follow-up task as the teacher deems appropriate.

Key Skills Practised

• Exploring the movement of familiar things
• Identifying that things go faster, slow down, and change direction
• Understanding that both pushes and pulls are examples of forces
• Recognising that when things speed up, slow down or change direction, there is a cause

Learning Opportunities

Pre-Visit

Students could cover the basics of forces and motion, particularly the pushing, pulling, speed and change of movement aspects, to allow them to engage with the resource at Isle of Wight Steam Railway most effectively.

On Site

Completion of Science Lower KS2 Physics / Forces at Isle of Wight Steam Railway resource linked to this document

Post-Visit

Follow-up tasks could include: Class discussion of all the examples of forces they discovered at Isle of Wight Steam Railway; Completion of labelled diagrams, PowerPoint slides, or animations showing these examples; Finding other examples of where forces are evident in the everyday world

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of how familiar things (trains) move and the basic forces involved. They will be able to understand that trains go faster, slow down and change direction. Most students will be able to understand that both pushes and pulls are examples of forces.