Friction & Surfaces
Compare how things move on different surfaces, noticing that some surfaces create more friction than others
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Can your child explain why a toy car rolls further on a smooth wooden floor than on carpet?
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Curriculum alignment
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Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 ACARA · 1 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
identify how forces can be exerted by one object on another and investigate the effect of frictional, gravitational and magnetic forces on the motion of objects
recognise that materials can be changed physically without changing their material composition and explore the effect of different actions on materials including bending, twisting, stretching and breaking into smaller pieces
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Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
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