Class practical: Students observe brittle fracture during compression of a Crunchie bar, and take measurements to calculate...

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Class practical: Students make their own springs and use them for investigations involving simple graph construction.

Practical Activity 14-16

Class practical: Though we might claim to know, intuitively, the difference between a large force and small force, we resort...

Practical Activity 14-16

Demonstration: The behaviour of a metal when it is subject to a stretching force reveals clues about the forces between its...

Practical Activity 14-16

Demonstration: With a little ingenuity, even a small change in length of a wire becomes measurable.

Practical Activity 14-16

Class practical: To look at a material that does not obey Hooke’s law.

Practical Activity 14-16

Demonstration: By stretching confectionery laces, students learn that extension is not always proportional to load. They also...

Practical Activity 14-16