year 5 and P6 - downloadable lesson pack on pulleys

Pulley power investigation

Description

In this lesson pack for year 5 and P6, linking to the topic forces, pupils will carry out a comparative test. Pupils will make their own simple pulley system and investigate whether it alters the force needed to lift an object.

This lesson pack includes:

A lesson plan with cross-curricular links
A PowerPoint presentation explaining how to make the pulley system
Printable instructions to make the pulley system

Simple to resource! The items you will need:

Two identical cardboard bottles
Three plastic bottle tops
String
Heavy weights
Small buckets or large yogurt pots with handles
Toy to lift
Weights

Year groups

Year 5

Topics

Forces and magnets

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