Movement and Simple Machines · Engineering & Design

Forces and Motion

Investigating how pushes and pulls change the speed and direction of objects.

Key Questions

  1. 1What causes a heavy object to start moving?
  2. 2How does the surface of a ramp change how far a toy car will roll?
  3. 3What would happen if we applied a push and a pull at the same time?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Structures and Mechanisms - Grade 2
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: Science
Unit: Movement and Simple Machines
Period: Engineering & Design

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