Year 8 · Science

Forces

Year 8 learners practise hookes law air resistance and forces.

The activities include Apply Hookes Law to an Investigation, Calculate Moments, Investigate Air Resistance, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

Apply Hookes Law to an Investigation
Calculate Moments
Investigate Air Resistance
Investigate the Effect of Streamlining on Air Resistance
Investigate the Effect of Streamlining on Water Resistance
Learn About Air Resistance
Learn About Water Resistance
Understand Equilibrium and Balance
Understand Hookes Law
Understand the Forces When Stretching and Squashing Materials
Use Diagrams to Represent Drag Forces

Checked learning resources

Oak: Turning Forces

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 9 science lesson. I can investigate and calculate the size of turning forces. A moment causes turning. Moment = force × (perpendicular) distance from the pivot. Moments are measured in Newton-metres (Nm).
Oak lesson slides: Turning Forces

Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

Year 9 science lesson. I can investigate and calculate the size of turning forces. A moment causes turning. Moment = force × (perpendicular) distance from the pivot. Moments are measured in Newton-metres (Nm). Downloadab
Oak worksheet: Turning Forces

Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

Year 9 science lesson. I can investigate and calculate the size of turning forces. A moment causes turning. Moment = force × (perpendicular) distance from the pivot. Moments are measured in Newton-metres (Nm). Downloadab
Forces and movement - KS3 Physics

BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

BBC Bitesize corpus page for Forces; supports the full activity context: In this worksheet, students will learn about the force of air resistance, including some common examples of this force in action.
Moving by force

Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 Science resource matched to hookes law air resistance and forces.
Oak: Hookes Law

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 9 science lesson. I can describe and explain the relationship between the extension of a spring and the force stretching it. A line of best fit can show the relationship between variables clearly. The extension of a
Oak: Changing The Speed Of A Parachute

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 science lesson. I can clearly describe how drag forces affect the motion of falling objects. The gravitational force on a falling object is constant. The drag force on a falling obejct depends on its speed and sha
Oak: Streamlining

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 science lesson. I can explain how streamlining reduces drag. Streamlining reduces drag. Streamlining reduces how much a fluid needs to be pushed out of the way for an object to move through it. The drag force on a