Hooke's Law | Stretching Springs | Spring Constant | Elastic Potential Energy

Hooke’s Law
KS4 Science Physics / KS5 Recap for the topic of materials in physics

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To investigate how force is related to extension of a material by Hooke’s Law.
To calculate the force required to extend a spring.
To calculate the elastic potential energy stored in a spring.

The Powerpoint presentation includes 17 slides. They contain theory, tasks, practical experiment, and questions with solutions. Some texts and images are animated, such that they appear upon click.

There is a handout to go along with the practical of investigation Hooke’s law (stretching a spring using slot masses and measuring its extension.)

A worksheet is included. I’ve used this sheet as homework, but you can also use it as classwork.

Enjoy!