March 3rd 2022
Year 7 set up a classic experiment investigating the effect of the force of gravity on the extension of a spring.
This experiment is known as Hooke's law.
Hooke's law is a law of physics that states that the force (F) needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance (x) scales linearly with respect to that distance—that is, Fs = kx, where k is a constant factor characteristic of the spring (i.e., its stiffness), and x is small compared to the total possible deformation of the spring.
The pupils then went on to discuss the weightlessness that astronauts experience in space. They use Hooke's law to weigh their mass in space using a special machine that uses a spring that applies a force.
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