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Educational videos from VEA such as ‘Biomechanics of the Body – Levers’ are now available as part of the ClickView Curriculum Library. ClickView is Australia’s leading video platform for education and makes it easy for teachers to find and share curriculum-relevant videos with their students. To learn more and request a free demo please visit: http://clickv.ie/w/o59d

This program looks at the physics of human movement. It begins by examining some of the fundamentals of mechanics, including Newton’s laws, types of forces, force summation, inertia, momentum and acceleration. It also covers the three types of levers — first, second and third class — and investigates where levers exist in the human body. Types of motion; friction, balance and stability in relation to biomechanics and the human body are also explored.