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title: "Year 3 investigate the force of friction on a toy car"
url: "https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-19-14-55-40-year-3-investigate-the-force-of-friction-on-a-toy-car"
school: "St Bridget's Catholic Primary School"
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# Year 3 investigate the force of friction on a toy car

  ![Image of Year 3 investigate the force of friction on a toy car](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/blog/847BC2F2-5BA8-43AC-A545-6D6D06A8E20E.jpeg)  19 January 2024   [Mrs Summerson](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/author/jsummerson)   [Year 3](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/category/year-3)

Year 3 are in the process of investigating which surface creates the least friction on a toy car and which surface creates the greatest friction.
They enjoyed sending a toy car down a ramp to measure how far the toy car would travel on different types of surface. Which surface creates the greatest amount of friction? Laminate? Wooden floor? Gravel? Carpet or Grass?
To be confirmed….. next week as we test another 3 surfaces.

### Friction Investigation 2024

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