Forces and Motion

The purpose of this activity is to give pupils first hand experience of a buoyancy force and to encourage them to talk about...

Classroom Activity 11-14

The purpose of this activity is to make measurements to find the size of buoyancy forces and to start to think about what the...

Classroom Activity 11-14

Floating and sinking are often the subject of study in science lessons. An object that is afloat is an object in equilibrium...

Physics Narrative 5-11 11-14

This is an account of the origins of the buoyancy force.

Physics Narrative 11-14

For equivalent volumes of substances the statement heavy things sink and light things float is close to being true. However...

Teaching Guidance 11-14

In the 1670s, following an idea proposed by Roger Bacon, Francesco Lana de Trezi designed an airship that generated lift from...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16