P3SG Investigate Friction 🚗
24th Feb 2026
As part of our current WAU theme 'All Wound Up' we have been learning about FORCES. This week we have been thinking about FRICTION. We completed a Science experiment to investigate how far a toy car would travel along different surfaces. We used a variety of materials such as PVC, carpet, rubber and sandpaper. We set up a simple ramp and measured the distance that the toy car travelled on each of the different surfaces. We also discussed how we could make it a FAIR TEST by keeping the height of the ramp and the car used the same. We really enjoyed our Science investigation.
Camphill Primary School, 65 Carolhill Park, Ballymena BT42 2DG Phone: 028 2565 2940
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