Well, it’s only Tuesday but already we have been finding out some interesting Science facts.

What makes things move? We found out that forces make things move. We played with different toys, thinking about whether we needed to use a push force, a pull force or both, to make them move. That was on Monday.

On Tuesday, we thought about what makes things stop? We asked the question, which surface would let a toy car go faster? The choices were, a normal table; a piece of velvet; a piece of carpet; corrugated cardboard or bubble wrap. Everyone made a prediction and then we carried out an experiment, where we pushed cars on the different surfaces. We tried to keep the push force the same each time. It turned out the smoothest surface let the car go fastest and the bumpiest surface slowed the car down and made it stop. We learned the word for the force that stopped the cars is called, ‘friction’. We also had a good look at the bottom of our shoes and realised that the ‘grips’ on shoes are just there to create friction to keep us safe from slipping over. Some of us have suffered from a lack of friction when we have slipped on water, soap or ice.

Tomorrow, we’re going to learn about the force that makes things fall to the ground.