This is the eighth lesson in a unit of work on forces which could be adapted for use at KS3 or GCSE. The lesson investigates what balanced and unbalanced forces are and how they effect object motion and acceleration.
During this lessons pupils will:
- Recap weight calculations from previous lesson.
- Recap free body diagrams from previous lessons to prepare for using them in this lesson.
- Recap Newtons three laws of motion highlighting the second law.
- Consider and discuss the forces acting on a stationary object.
- Consider and discuss forces acting on an object at constant speed.
- Define balanced forces.
- Consider and discuss forces acting on an object that is accelerating.
- Define unbalanced forces.
- Learn how to calculate resultant forces
- Calculate resultant force for two different situations.
- Complete a fill in the gaps consolidation task.
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