Force
Forces and Motion

Particular issues arising and decisions to be made when teaching Forces

Teaching Guidance for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

Forces particular issues
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Force
Forces and Motion Supporting Physics Teaching

Thinking more widely - bent levers

This helps you to recognise levers at work in a wider range of contexts.

Physics Narrative 11-14

Force
Forces and Motion Supporting Physics Teaching

Cosmic falling

Here you can explore how the idea of down varies as you move from one planet to another, from one planetary system to another...

Classroom Activity 5-11

Force
Forces and Motion Supporting Physics Teaching

Mechanical working fills the kinetic store

Filling or emptying kinetic stores necessarily involves speeding up or slowing down mass. It's an accumulation of the power in...

Physics Narrative 14-16

Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Forces and Motion

Many students are unable to identify correctly the forces acting on each object in a situation where two or more objects interact

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RESEARCH REVIEW Forces and Motion

Many students think forces can only be exerted by living things and some machines, but not by inanimate objects

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RESEARCH REVIEW Forces and Motion

Many students can use the word 'force' (to mean a push or a pull) and understand that a force is needed to get a stationary object moving

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