Let the Forces be with you.

As part of our Inquiry Study about Energy and Forces we have been doing our own research and experiments. We have experimented with the Forces of Friction and Gravity. We have also been learning about Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy, as part of this we have made Windmills and Catapults. One of our experiments involved sliding along the lino and then the carpet in our socks to see if there was any difference. We discovered that there was more friction on a rough surface (carpet) and less on the smoother surface (lino).  So therefore we slide further and faster on the lino compared to the carpet.