Shape and material change movement
Describe how objects move (roll, slide, bounce, spin) and how an object's own size, shape or material influences the way it moves
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Shape and material change movement means describing roll/slide/bounce/spin and linking size, shape, or material to how something moves. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Objects: ball, block, soft toy
- Move words: roll, slide, bounce, spin
Extra for the adult
Worked example. A ball can roll and bounce. A block may slide. Shape and material change the movement.
Optional challenge. For Shape and material change movement, name bounce or spin and a material reason.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: moves tried; shape/material link; support used. This session samples movement, not mastery of physics.
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Shape and material change movement means describing roll/slide/bounce/spin and linking size, shape, or material to how something moves. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes trying gentle moves, linking shape/material, then checking one fresh prediction.
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Choose how shape and material affect movement.
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Learning resources
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PhET Interactive Simulations · Practice link — not the full lesson
Friction
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Friction supports hands-on exploration for Shape and material change movement. Not every lab worksheet.
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Public PhET Interactive Simulations page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
PhET Interactive Simulations. “Friction.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Roll a ball and a block down the same ramp and explain that the round shape rolls while the flat-sided block slides or stops
- Drop a rubber ball and a play-dough ball and explain that the material makes one bounce and the other squash
- Compare how a big and a small ball roll down a ramp and describe the difference they notice
“When playing with balls and blocks, can your child explain why the round ball rolls away but the block doesn't — and why a rubber ball bounces but a play-dough ball goes splat?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Forces & Motion
- Age range
- Ages 5–8
Standards