28th August – 1st September VAP 3 – Quarter 1 - Week 2

WEEKLY SUMMARY

★ Learning Objectives
Subject Focus Resources Reading/ Assignment
Due
Preparation

Science - Force Resources: Practice

Textbook: answering
- Push and Pull Forces
Science speaking
- Friction Unit 1 Physical questions at
Science: Forces home every
(P.3-P.9) week. So that
you can get
- PowerPoint
ready to take
- Worksheet the speaking
test in week
- Video
5 or 6.

★ Summary and Practice

 Force: Force is a strong push or pull that can make things move or
change the way they move.
 Push and Pull Forces
A push force moves things away A pull force moves things
from you towards you.
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 Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

Balanced forces are equal (the Unbalanced forces are not equal
same) in size and opposite in (not the same) and cause objects to
direction. They don't make objects move.
move.

 Friction: A force that slows down the motion of an object that is

touching something else as it moves.
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 Practice 1: Circle the correct answer

push pull

push pull

push pull

push pull

push pull

 Practice 2: Check off whether the force is balanced or unbalanced

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 Practice 3: Draw an arrow to show where friction is occurring in each

picture.
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 Speaking Practice Quiz for Science

(Please ask your child to read the questions out loud to you and your child should also read his/her
answers to the questions. After that he/she can check his/her answers and compare them to the sample
answers)
1. A push force pushes things __________?
 A push force pushes things away from you.
2. What force pulls things towards you?
 A pull force pulls things towards you.
3. Give me an example of a push force.
 Pushing a shopping cart, pushing your chair…etc.
4. Give me an example of a pull force.
 Pulling a door open, picking up your water bottle…etc.
5. What do we call it when two surfaces rub against each other?
 We call it friction.