This is a variation on the extending a spring experiment. Here the measurements are of compression and the support sheet...

Classroom Activity 11-14

In this activity pupils measure how the load the punt supports first hand experience of an buoyancy force and to encourage...

Classroom Activity 11-14

Civil engineers, dressmakers, dentists and fishermen are just some of the people for whom a knowledge of the strength and...

Physics Narrative 11-14

Back to boat: the larger the hole it made in the water, the greater the support force–the buoyancy force.

Physics Narrative 11-14

When two surfaces are in contact there is a force acting on each surface that acts in a direction to stop them moving past one...

Physics Narrative 5-11 11-14

When objects move through a fluid (a liquid or a gas) their progress is opposed by a force which acts on the object and in the...

Physics Narrative 11-14

There are three kinds of contact forces that can support an object.

Physics Narrative 11-14

Distinguishing–eliciting–connecting. How to:

Teaching Guidance 11-14

A floor seems to just be. How such a passive object can provide an upward force is indeed a puzzle.

Teaching Guidance 5-11 11-14

This misconception appears in two forms. The first holds that friction happens only when things move (slipping). This idea is...

Teaching Guidance 5-11 11-14

For many learners air is seen as nothing. Comparing the mass of air in a small domestic room to the mass of a child might help...

Teaching Guidance 5-11 11-14

There's a good chance you could improve your teaching if you were to try these strategies.

Teaching Guidance 11-14