Forces - Weight and Mass - Middle School Science

A comprehensive and enjoyable explanation of the relationship between mass and weight.

What’s Covered

• All objects attract each other and that the attraction force depends on the size of the object.
• The attraction force of planets is called gravity which acts towards the centre.
• Gravity hold Earth’s atmosphere in place.
• Mass is the amount of material in a body, is measured in kilograms (Kg) and is independant of position.
• Weight is the effect of gravity pulling on a mass.
• Units for gravitational field strength are N/Kg.
• Applying W = m x g to calculate weight of a body on Earth, the Moon and Jupiter.

What’s Included

• Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz
• Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
• Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
• Foldable
• Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
• Worksheet to support the PowerPoint
• Fact sheet
• Homework plus answers (x3)
• Fact share worksheet
• 12 Taboo cards
• Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
• Exit Ticket
• Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources

This pack contains fifteen resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired. 

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