Physics Forces

PHYSCIAL SCIENCE SCHOOL INCURSIONS

Feel The Force

  • Physics incursions aligned to the Victorian curriculum 2.0

  • Delivered by science teaching specialists with qualifications in STEM and/or education

  • Workshops available in a 60 or 90 minute format

  • FUN and interactive to engage and excite

  • Small group sizes of up to 30 students per workshop to maximise hands-on learning

Investigate the physical world and learn about the nature of forces and motion, and matter and energy. In a series of exciting, fast-paced workshops explore how an object’s motion (direction, speed and acceleration) is influenced by a range of contact and non-contact forces such as friction, magnetism, gravity and electrostatic forces. Consider how energy transfer is associated with phenomena involving motion, heat, sound, light and electricity.

Toys In Motion
Foundation – Level 2

Show me a junior scientist who doesn’t love toys!? This workshop is all about moving toys and serious play. Tick tock: investigate gears, cogs, springs, potential and kinetic energy. Understand that the way objects move depends on a variety of factors. Take a tour through the history of toys and visit some old favourites like slinkies and knuckle bones. Explore push and pull forces, friction and gravity.

The way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size, shape and material VC2S2U10

Pushes and pulls are forces that can change an object’s movement or shape and can be represented in terms of strength and direction VC2S2U11

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to  Level 2

Sound Vibrations
Foundation – Level 2

Welcome to a wonderful world of sound and music. Through sensory explorations this workshop delivers learning outcomes around sound vibrations, pitch and volume. Sound is a physical, movement energy that can be seen and felt. Watch the surprising effect of sound waves on a flame and a ping pong ball. Investigate how sound energy travels, make a fun sound toy, and much more to tantalize your ear drums.

Sound can make materials vibrate and vibrating materials can make sound; different actions can be used to produce sounds of varying pitch and volume VC2S2U12

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 2

Fantastic Forces
Level 3 - 6

Isaac Newton changed the way we understand our universe. Like Newton back in the 17th century, discover the laws of gravity and motion in this action-packed workshop. Explore all things forces including frictional, gravitational, electrostatic and magnetic. Through highly engaging activities investigate how forces affect the speed and direction of objects.

Forces, including frictional, gravitational, electrostatic and magnetic, can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance and affect the motion (speed and direction) of objects VC2S4U10

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 2

Feeling Hot Hot Hot
Level 3 - 6

The more heat, the more motion within a system's particles. Don't sweat this HOT workshop, learn how heat energy is produced, transferred and how it can be used for a purpose. Observe an exciting combustion reaction with lots of fire. Reveal secrets with heat sensing thermochromic dyes and make a spinning novelty powered by heat. Understand how it all starts with The Sun.

Heat energy can be generated from different sources; temperature changes may happen when heat is transferred from one object to another VC2S4U09

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 2

Colourful Light
Level 3 - 6

Open your eyes to the colourful world light. In this interactive workshop investigate the composition, properties and movement of light energy. Manipulate the path of light using mirrors to reflect and concave and convex lenses to refract. Get creative with some shadow and black light investigations. Explore chemiluminescence with amazing chemical reactions that produce light.

Heat energy can be generated from different sources; temperature changes may happen when heat is transferred from one object to another VC2S4U09

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 2

Supercharged Electrics
Level 3 - 6

One of our most popular supercharged workshops full of pulsating hands-on activities. Pull apart an electric motor and explore electromagnets. In small collaborative groups create multiple circuit-based projects using easy snap together components including incandescent globes, LEDS, motors, buzzers and flying propellers. Investigate parallel and series circuits; insulators and conductors.

Materials may be electrical insulators or conductors; energy can be transferred and transformed in electrical circuits where the components of a circuit play particular roles in the function of the circuit VC2S6U09

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Level 3 to 6