Homework High has been designed to be safe and easy to use. All content is produced exclusively by our own qualified teachers. Ask Jeeves for Kids Ask Jeeves for Kids is the fastest and easiest way to find answers to questions. Ask Jeeves for Kids allows you to ask a question in plain English and, after interacting with you to confirm the question, Ask Jeeves for Kids takes you to one and only one web site that answers your question. In this unit children apply their knowledge of a variety of forces, including magnetic attraction, gravitational attraction and friction.
Children learn about the changes in motion which occur when forces act on an object.
They consolidate their understanding that forces have direction and can be measured. Work in this unit also offers opportunities for children to use understanding about forces to explain everyday phenomena and to obtain evidence to test scientific ideas. Through this unit children learn that sounds are produced by vibrations and that these vibrations travel from the source through a variety of materials. Musical instruments are used to illustrate the range of ways of producing sounds and how pitch and loudness can be altered. Work in this unit also offers opportunities for children to use scientific knowledge and understanding about sound to explain familiar phenomena and to relate this to their understanding of musical instruments.