Boardworks GCSE Additional Science: Physics

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Teacher notes
It may be worth pointing out to students that the force needed to lift an
object is the same as the weight of the object. For example, the force
needed to lift a 100N box is 100N.

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Photo credit: Robert Linder

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Teacher notes
This simulation of a Newton’s cradle can be used to get students
thinking about what happens to momentum in collisions, and to
introduce the principle of conservation of momentum.

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Teacher notes
It could be worth refreshing the students’ understanding of Newton’s
third law of motion at this point.

Momentum is only conserved in a closed system, i.e. a system that is

not affected by external forces.

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Teacher notes
This five-stage animation shows how the principle of conservation of
momentum can be used to calculate the velocity of an object.

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Teacher notes
This virtual experiment enables students to explore how mass and
velocity affect the momentum of an object, and how momentum is
conserved in a collision.
Select a mass and velocity for each trolley, then click the momentum
box to reveal the momentum of each trolley, or ask students to
calculate the value first. Once the trolleys have collided, students could
be encouraged to calculate the total momentum and velocity of the
combined trolleys, before revealing the final values and the working for
the calculations.

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This six-stage animation shows momentum during an explosion.

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This true-or-false quiz could be used as a starter exercise to work on
momentum. Students could be given coloured traffic light cards (red =
false, green = true) to vote on the statements shown. To stretch
students, they could be asked to explain their voting.

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Photo credit: Ben Hodgson

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Photo credit: Hervé de Brabandère

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Photo credit: Volvo Car Corporation, Public Affairs, SE-405 31

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Teacher notes
This guide to car safety features could be used ahead of an ICT
extension topic. Students could use the internet to research the effects
that seatbelts, airbags and crumple zones have had in terms of saving
lives and reducing serious injury. They could present their findings in
the style of scientific paper or presentation to the class or in small
groups.

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This multiple-choice quiz could be used as a plenary activity to assess
students’ understanding of momentum. The questions can be skipped
through without answering by clicking “next”. Students could be asked
to complete the questions in their books and the activity could be
concluded by the completion on the IWB.

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