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Friction

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/ physical/12b_act.shtml
Description	Task
Watch the animation as the Alien shows you different forces and explains friction.	Help the Alien get home by giving the right answers in the fun quiz about forces.

www.apqj64.dsl.pipex.com/sfa/id69.htm
Description	Task
A good site for explaining air resistance.	What is air resistance? What causes air resistance? What happens to the size of the air resistance force as the speed increases?

www.aloha.net/~bigwind/20kidskites.html
Description	Task
Instructions of how to make a kite.	Make this kite.

http://travel.howstuffworks.com/glider.htm
Description	Task
Introduction to gliders. Parts of a glider. How gliders work.	Find out how three basic forces act on gliders: lift, gravity and drag.

http://wings.avkids.com/Book/History/beginner/gliders-01.html
Description	Task
Easy to read history of gliders with pictures to look at.	Who was the first person to study flight? Who built a glider and who flew in it? Who succeeded at glider flight?

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/friction.shtml
Description	Task
Experiment with friction on different surfaces – a great animated activity. Also a quiz.	Pull the handle back to give the sleigh a push along the track. See how far it travels. Reset, change the surface and drag onto the track surface. How far does it go now? Try with different surfaces.

http://rubble.ultralab.net/simulations/nb_friction1.htm
Description	Task
Watch tyres, fish, a boat and skydivers show friction in action.	How do tyres work? Why do fish move through water easily? Why do sky divers fall slowly? What happens if you stop pushing the friction between the boat and the water?

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