A My World and Textease support pack for KS2 Science with activities on most aspects of the Science curriculum relating to KS2 Forces and motion appropriate for this age group including the uses of forces, gravitational force, magnetic force, friction, air resistance and water resistance. Full documenatation and sample screen shot PDF files may be viewed by clicking the links below.

THE TITLE AND THE CURRICULUM:

This title supports many of the National Curriculum requirements for Key Stage 2 relating to FORCES AND MOTION. Some aspects of the KS3 syllabus have been included to enable gifted and talented pupils to make further progress.

KEY STAGE 2 – SC4 PHYSICAL PROCESSES - FORCES AND MOTION:

Types of force:
2a) about the forces of attraction and repulsion between magnets, and the forces of attraction between magnets and magnetic materials.
2b) that objects are pulled downwards because of the gravitational attraction between them and the Earth.
2c) about friction, including air resistance, as a force that slows moving objects and may prevent objects from starting to move.
2d) that when objects are pulled or pushed, an opposing pull or push can be felt.
2e) how to measure forces and identify the direction in which they act.

KEY STAGE 3 – SC4 PHYSICAL PROCESSES - FORCES AND MOTION:

Types of force:
2b) that the weight of an object is the result of the gravitational force between its mass and that of the Earth.
2c) that unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of movement of objects and that balanced forces produce no change in the movement of an object.
2c) ways in which frictional forces, including air resistance affect motion.

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GENERAL INFORMATION:

PLEASE NOTE: THIS SOFTWARE REQUIRES MY WORLD OR TEXTEASE TO RUN. The Textease format has software speech. The My World format has scaling buttons that are particularly useful for children with VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. The CD-ROM includes both the the My World 3 and Textease format of the software. The My World 3 format self installs. The Textease format must be manually installed.

Both the English and English / Welsh versions of My World 3 are available from ClicSoft.
Forces and Motion is also available in Welsh.

The screens provide a variety of activities including dragging, labelling, sorting and investigative activities. Many may lead to related classroom activities e.g. 'hands on' practical work. Buttons enable pupils to access task, help and research panels enabling them to work individually or in groups with minimal teacher supervision. Text buttons, word and picture banks may be used to add further information to the screens.

A 'New Screen' option accessed via the Task panels is a useful extra function. The new screens are normally blank, but have the same buttons as the related screens. They may be customised by teachers and pupils alike and used to extend topic areas or complete tasks set by the teacher. They are useful when the related screens have fixed graphic / or text and for adapting the set activities for pupils with special needs.

This software is particularly useful for introducing new topic areas and revising previous topics. The nature of both My World and Textease means that the screens are adaptable. The software may be used as both text book and exercise book and may be customised by teachers and pupils alike. The screens do not self correct giving children the opportunity to make and justify their own decisions. With differentiation by outcome, each screen thus provides assessment opportunities.