UKS2 – Classes 8 & 9 – Science

Today, the children assessed the impact of friction on how a toy car travels.

To judge this, they first constructed a small ramp. The height of this ramp must remain the same throughout the experiment. Then, they tested different types of surfaces and saw how the surface of the ramp effected the distance the car travels.
They recorded their findings in their cross-curricular books and used them to make predictions for other surface materials.