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===Safety/Hazards===
 
===Safety/Hazards===
* A tank with water in it will be heavy and so is only to be moved by the technician; please refer to the [[Media:RA124.doc| Manual handling]] section of the Laboratory Lessons Health and Safety Risk Assessment
 
* When using springs goggles must be worn
 
* The main risk is from the vacuum pump and apparatus. The [[Media:RA1000_-_Physics_-_Vacuum_pumps_and_objects.doc|specific risk assessment]] must be read before using the apparatus.
 
* [[Media:RA44.doc|General Laboratory Health and Safety Risk Assessment]]
 
  
 
===Notes===
 
===Notes===

Revision as of 05:28, 17 April 2009

Outcomes

Specification References

  • 1.27 describe how extension varies with applied force for helical springs, metal wires and rubber bands
  • 1.28 recall that the initial linear region of a force-extension graph is associated with Hooke's law
  • 1.29 associate elastic behaviour with the ability of a material to recover its original shape after the forces causing deformation have been removed.

Starter

Main Body of Lesson

Plenary

Homework

Additional Information

Resources Required

  • Electrical Force - balloons for electrostatics, rice in a plastic bottle charging polythene rods and using watch glass show repulsion


Textbook References

  • None

Website References

  • None

Skills Addressed

Safety/Hazards

Notes

  • None