English National Curriculum Science

2. Investigate Hooke's law

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State Hooke's law

Conduct an experiment to investigate Hooke's law safely

Measure length and calculate extension and plot a graph with a line of best fit

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Keywords

Words and meanings to learn

elastic limit

the maximum extent to which a solid may be stretched without permanently altering its shape or breaking

Robert Hooke

an English scientist credited with Hooke's law of springs

extension

the increase in length from an object's original length

spring constant

a measure of how stretchy a spring system is

directly proportional

a proportion in which increasing one variable will cause another variable to also increase and vice versa

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Required Resources

Resources: A spring or rubber band, slotted masses, a ruler, a clamp, a boss and stand, a G-clamp and the handout. 

Handout: An investigation sheet for the students to complete on Hooke's law, followed by several activities on springs. 

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