Hooke's law and the Spring Constant K

A resource containing 2 powerpoint slides for 2 lessons and a worksheet for applying Hooke’s law and analysing data.

I run the resource as an initial practical for investigating Hooke’s law and the second lesson to further solidify theory.

Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.

Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.

For the practical lesson:
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:

Learning objective: Investigate the effects of forces on the extension of a spring.

Success criteria:
-Identify independent and dependent variables.
-Describe how to write a method concerning spring extension.
-Explain why repeatability and reliability are important factors within experiments.

This lesson contains 17 slides.

For the theory lesson:
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:

Learning objective: To analyse the results and draw conclusions between the spring practical and Hooke’s law theory.

Success criteria:
Identify the forces needed to extend and compress a spring.
Describe Hooke’s law.
Explain why the pattern for Hooke’s law does not remain indefinitely.

This lesson contains 17 slides.

The worksheet contains 2 pages.