How do various forces work for and against us?

Homofaber. How do humans use different types of forces to control nature?

Difference between mass and weight, Knowledge of the effects of forces, Conditions for Equilibrium.

Content/contenido

Students will be able to:

•  state that a force may produce a change in size and shape of a body,
•  plot extension / load graphs and describe the associated experimental procedure,
•  describe ways in which force may change the motion of a body,
•  find the resultant of two or more forces acting along the same line,
•  describe the moment of a force as a measure of its turning effect and give examples,
•  describe, qualitatively, the balancing of a beam about a pivot
•  state condition for equilibrium,
•  perform and explain Centre of Mass experiment for a plane lamina,
•  relate stability and CoM.,

End of unit assessments, internal assessment and practical assessments.