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External and Internal Forces Lessons and Activities | Paper and Digital

External and Internal Forces Lessons and Activities | Paper and Digital

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Teach students about plasticity and elasticity through various experiments or examine external (applied, friction, spring/elastic) and internal (shear, compression, tension and torsion) forces and how they interact. Best of all, your planning is all done.

This engaging resource includes:

  • plasticity and elasticity.
  • permanent and temporary changes.
  • external forces: applied, friction, spring/elastic.
  • internal forces: tension, shear, compression, torsion.
  • interactions of forces.
  • designing a fair test.
  • gathering evidence to prove or disprove a hypothesis.
  • scientific method processes.
  • using the design process.
  • four complete teacher lesson plans including possible modifications for differentiation.
  • student pages and templates.
  • answer keys and suggested answers.
  • opportunities to extend learning.
  • ideas for how to use this resource in the classroom, online, or a mix.
  • a digital version of all the student pages that use Google Slides. You must download the PDF file and use the access link in the file to get your digital copy. 
  • an alignment guide for Alberta Outcomes.

These lessons align with:

  • Alberta Science Curriculum © 2022 Grade 6 (new outcomes)

These lessons support:

  • any upper elementary unit about forces.

Do you teach science in Alberta? We have science units for you!

Ninja Note: To access the digital version, download the PDF and use the link in that file.

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