Product title

Science Explorer

Activity title on CD-Rom

Safety first

Key Stage and year

KS2, Y4

Curriculum Reference

 
Science

Primary Curriculum

QCA Y4 4E Friction
NC Sc1 KS2 Sc1 2 i Sc4 2 c 2 e

Scottish Guidelines

Environmental Studies 5-14 Society, Science and Technology Energy and Forces Level B

Children should be encouraged to construct their own table in which they can keep the complete set of results for this activity. Children examine the stopping distance of a car that is travelling at different speeds and stopping under different conditions.
The children can then start looking for patterns in the data. They could construct a variety of graphs to support their analysis. Focus on the nature of the two materials interacting in the stopping process. What road surface and tyre type could improve stopping distances?