Year-7 Physics Forces: Stretching and Squashing
In this Year-7 Physics Forces: Stretching and Squashing lesson, students will describe how forces deform objects, explain what happens when you stretch a spring and define the elastic limit and Hooke’s Law.
The slides include extension questions, and students can choose from a variety of different tasks.
This lesson includes:
- Title slide with learning objectives
- A starter activity
- Group reading (literacy)
- Keywords task (vocabulary: deform, compress, elastic limit, extension, tension and reaction force)
- Task boxes
- Numeracy task (calculations)
- Numeracy task (graph drawing)
- Comprehension and recall task
- Handout sheet
- Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
- Answer slides included for self-assessment
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