Discover what forces do, and how they affect us. Learn about gravity, friction and pressure, and how to measure different forces.The topic of forces and movement is approached in a simple and clear way. The concepts are complemented by new artwork and specially-commissioned photography featuring children. Each step-by-step experiment has been tried in the classroom and is illustrated with photography which encourages children's understanding. Each book is bright, colourful and simple in its design.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called How Does Science Work? .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

Dr Carol Ballard worked for many years as a school science co-ordinator. She is now a full-time writer of information books for children and teenagers.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Forces
• 2: What can forces do?
• 3: Moving and changing shape
• 4: Gravity
• 5: Balance
• 6: Spinning around
• 7: Measuring forces
• 8: Friction
• 9: Is friction useful?
• 10: Many forces
• 11: Falling through the air
• 12: Floating and sinking
• 13: Pressure
• 14: Glossary
• 15: Further information
• 16: Index