Pressure explains why an applied force makes a drawing pin goes into the noticeboard and not your thumb: it also explains why a sharp knife is safer than a blunt one when practising culinary skills. There is also another aspect of pressure that relates to forces within a fluid (liquid or gas) and that is … Continue reading Under(water) Pressure
All about Springs
The facts and understanding that you need to have about springs is less detailed than it is for some other GCSE Physics courses. It is therefore important to use learning resources that are matched to this particular course. If you start reading about ultimate tensile stress, for example, then you are learning too much! The … Continue reading All about Springs
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