--- title: "Investigating forces and motion." url: "https://www.stmarysjarrow.co.uk/news/2024-01-12-investigating-forces-and-motion" school: "St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow" --- # Investigating forces and motion. 12 January 2024 Year 5 started their new DT topic this week looking at Fairground rides. We began the unit by exploring forces, mechanisms and motion and then we created our own windmill to show a rotating mechanism. 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