Year-7 Physics Forces: Friction and Drag

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In this lesson students will learn about friction and drag forces, how they can be used and how they can be reduced.

Year-7 Physics Forces: Friction and Drag

In this Year-7 Physics Forces: Friction and Drag lesson,

students explore friction and drag forces, discover practical uses for these forces, and investigate effective methods to reduce them.

The slides include extension questions, and students can choose from a variety of different tasks.

This lesson includes:

  • A starter activity
  • Group reading (literacy)
  • Keywords task (vocabulary: friction, drag force, lubrication, streamlined, air resistance and water resistance)
  • Task boxes
  • Numeracy task (data)
  • Comprehension Questions
  • Discussion exercise
  • Handout sheet
  • Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
  • Answer slides included for self-assessment

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Next Lesson: Non-Contact Forces

Link to next lesson: Non-Contact Forces

In this lesson students will give some examples of non-contact forces, explain what a force field is and describe the relationship between distance and force field strength.


Lessons for Key Stage 3, Year 7 PHYSICS Topic 1 Forces

  1. Forces
  2. Stretching and Squashing
  3. Friction and Drag
  4. Non-Contact Forces
  5. Weight and Mass
  6. Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
  7. Forces End of Topic Revision Lesson

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