Forces and Motion

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  • Objects interact with each other (by contact or at a distance) - giving rise to pairs of forces. 
  • A force acting on an object causes its velocity to change; without a net force, its velocity is constant.

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Displacement
Forces and Motion Supporting Physics Teaching

Position - time graph and velocity

Physics is all about noticing, and then reusing, common patterns. You got a handle on velocity–time graphs by thinking about...

Physics Narrative 14-16

Speed
Forces and Motion Supporting Physics Teaching

Selecting and developing activities for explorin...

Suggestions for activities to aid the teaching of 'exploring motion' based on the Physics Narrative and the Teaching Guidance.

Classroom Activity 5-11

Time
Forces and Motion IOP RESOURCES

The time-travelling astronaut

The time-travelling astronaut: Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev holds the record for time spent in orbit around the Earth...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Distance
Forces and Motion IOP RESOURCES

The Isochronic map

The Isochronic map: In 1883, Francis Galton, Charles Darwin’s cousin, developed an ‘Isochronic Passage Chart for Travellers’...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Time
Forces and Motion IOP RESOURCES

It has(n’t) been a long day

The length of the day has not been constant throughout the Earth’s history. For the last 2,700 years, the length of a day has...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Time
Forces and Motion IOP RESOURCES

The longest running experiments

What is possibly the world’s longest running science experiment was set up at the University of Queensland, Australia in 1927...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Time
Forces and Motion IOP RESOURCES

The London-Bath time difference

In the 1850s, the expansion of the rail network emphasised differences in local times across the UK. For example, it was noted...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Time
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The flight of ‘Mr Clocks’

One of the best-known tests of the time dilation prediction of Einstein’s theory of relativity was the Hafele-Keating...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

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