What’s Going On?
These Explorify activities linked to the Great Sports Share are short, high-quality videos that spark conversations and allow children to apply their scientific knowledge in unfamiliar contexts.
These are ideal stimuli to encourage pupils to ask their own scientific questions which can lead to collaborative opportunities to work scientifically.
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Gymnasts use many different muscles on a range of different apparatus. After watching the video, the pupils could investigate balance with our suggested activities.
Watch this video to see an athlete use the pole as a lever. Lead your class in a discussion about the forces that are in action. Pupils could go on to investigate levers and how these are helpful mechanisms in the world of sport.
After watching this video that shows different movements on a trampoline, pupils could discuss the materials used in a trampoline. Ask-investigate and share enquiries designed to gather evidence about how stretchy different materials are.
Explore forces when kicking a ball when watching this What’s Going On video. Pupils can identify, classify and compare different types of balls and their fitness for purpose in different sports and games.
Para athletes may need prosthetic limbs that are light and durable so that they can perform at their best. Pupils could investigate the flexibility and malleability of materials that could be used make prosthetic limbs.
Watch synchronised swimmers in action. Spark a discussion about the forces involved in synchronised swimming. Encourage pupils to ask-investigate and share their enquires related to the buoyancy using recyclable materials.
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