Investigating Forces
Plan and carry out investigations into forces, including measuring force with a newton meter, investigating Hooke's Law, and collecting and interpreting motion data to test Newton's laws
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Practise the bounded task in Investigating Forces; see exact limits before inferring broader coverage.
Practise the bounded task in Investigating Forces; see exact limits before inferring broader coverage.
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- Uses a newton meter correctly to measure forces in newtons
- Sets up and conducts a Hooke's Law investigation, recording force and extension and plotting a graph
- Identifies and controls variables in a force investigation
- Calculates acceleration from force and mass data and compares with experimental results
“If your child set up an experiment hanging weights on a spring and measuring how much it stretched, could they describe how they would make it a fair test, record the results, and show what Hooke's Law looks like on a graph?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Forces & Motion
- Age range
- Ages 12–13
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