Begin with some simple questions in order to find out what students know about pressure and so determine a starting point for...

Teaching Guidance 14-16

Distinguishing–eliciting–connecting. How to:

Teaching Guidance 11-14

Pressure and force are two distinct kinds of things. The words tend to be used interchangeably in everyday contexts but in...

Teaching Guidance 11-14

When talking about pressure and forces be careful to distinguish between them. It is helpful to refer to:

Teaching Guidance 11-14

Some pupils develop a picture of forces being carried, by the fluid, from cylinder to cylinder in a hydraulic machine.

Teaching Guidance 11-14

Pupils will readily accept the idea of pressure existing in liquids because it is a familiar phenomenon. However they may have...

Teaching Guidance 11-14

Even when you emphasise the air pressure explanation for familiar phenomena, problems can arise.

Teaching Guidance 11-14

Almost any example that has one solid resting on another will tend to lead to thinking leading along the Wrong Tracks.

Teaching Guidance 11-14

Teaching Guidance 11-14