Pushes and Pulls resources
Physics, grade 7. Notes, worksheets, videos, interactive tools and revision materials for this chapter.
Notes
Study notes
The chapter's lessons are the notes — read them in order, then use the resources below.
01What Is a Push or PullLearning that a force is simply a push or a pull, and spotting both in everyday life.Read lesson →02Starting and StoppingSeeing how pushes and pulls can start things moving or bring them to a stop.Read lesson →03Changing ShapeExploring how pushes and pulls can squash, stretch, bend and twist objects.Read lesson →04Friction: Friend or Foe?Discovering how friction slows moving things down and when that is useful.Read lesson →
Worksheets
Practice worksheet
Attempt every question before revealing the answer — that struggle is where learning happens.
Practice questions live inside each lesson — work through them there, then return for revision.
Videos
Watch and learn
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Revision
Revision checklist
Can you explain each of these out loud, without looking? If not, re-read that lesson.
- What Is a Push or Pull: Learning that a force is simply a push or a pull, and spotting both in everyday life.
- Starting and Stopping: Seeing how pushes and pulls can start things moving or bring them to a stop.
- Changing Shape: Exploring how pushes and pulls can squash, stretch, bend and twist objects.
- Friction: Friend or Foe?: Discovering how friction slows moving things down and when that is useful.
- Read each lesson's summary and re-do its practice questions from memory.