Encourage discussion and promote scientific thinking with these Year 5 Forces Concept Cartoons. They feature a range of common misconceptions that can be unpicked as pupils explain their viewpoints. Encourage them to use evidence from their learning to justify if a statement is true. This will also help you to identify any gaps in children's understanding so that these can be targeted quickly. This resource features two statements: 'If an object is not moving, then no forces are acting on it' and 'There is no gravity in space.'

They are flexible in their use, meaning they could be used at the beginning or end of a topic. They are also ideal for display - ensuring a knowledge rich environment to further young minds.

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Year 5 National Curriculum link/objective:

• explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object

• identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces