Pushing and Pulling · Physical Science

Contact and Non-Contact Forces

Distinguishing between forces that requires physical touch and those that act from a distance.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can we move an object without touching it?
  2. 2What invisible force pulls things toward the center of the Earth?
  3. 3How do magnets exert force through solid objects?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9S4U03
Year: Year 3
Subject: Science
Unit: Pushing and Pulling
Period: Physical Science

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