Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E Friction Section 1: Introduction 4E1 Review of forces Section 2: Measuring force 4E2 Force meters 4E3 Using force meters 4E4 Measuring forces: weight 4E5 Measuring forces: the elastic force Section 3: Sliding objects 4E6 Types of force: friction 4E7 Friction produces heat 4E8 Comparing friction between surfaces 4E9 Spinning objects 4E10 Why use wheels? Section 4: Using friction 4E11 High or low friction 4E12 A knot race 4E13 Investigating old shoes 4E14 Friction and structures Section 5: Water resistance 4E15 Water resistance Section 6: Air resistance 4E16 Running with a cardboard 4E17 Making mini kites 4E18 Investigating air resistance I 4E19 Investigating air resistance II 4E20 Jet propulsion 4E21 Make a straw plane Section 7: Investigating parachutes 4E22 Build a parachute 4E23 Investigating parachutes FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E Equipment list Specialised equipment Digital thermometer Force meters: set Geometrical shapes: set Slotted weight set Weights FULL SITE LICENCE Recyclable Collection of old shoes Plastic bottle: 2l Old plastic bags Paper © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. Standard equipment/ household Balloon Block of wood Board for rolling plasticene Cotton thread Duck tape Elastic band Glue Heavy box Hole punch IWB Large piece of card Marker pen Plastic straws: wide hole Plastic straws: normal hole Plasticene Ruler Scissors Skateboard Sticky tape Stop watch String Thread Tissue paper Wooden block Wooden board for ramp REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E1 Review of forces Retort Print and stand photocopy set worksheet 100 ml beaker IWBBeaker 250ml Test tube 19mm Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack For each photo above say whether PUSHING forces or PULLING forces are being used. Now think of some other actions that involve pushing or pulling forces and fill in the table below: Action Pushing forces? Pulling forces? Going up the stairs FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E2 Force metres Retort stand Collection of force set meters 100 ml beaker Print andBeaker photocopy 250ml worksheet Test tube (following 19mmpage)Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack Handle 1 Print, photocopy and hand out the worksheets on the following page. 2 Introduce the force metre to the children, pointing out the different parts and explaining the function of each. As you do this the children can label the parts on their worksheet. 3 Point out that there are different coloured force metres, some to measure weak forces others to measure strong forces. Explain that each colour tells you the size of the force it can measure. Calibrator Scale Spring Hook Get the children to colour in the force metres on their worksheet and write down the maximum force that each will measure. FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E2 Force metres Label the different parts of the force metre below: Colour each force metre below and indicate the maximum force it can measure. Label the different parts of the force metre below: Colour each force metre below and indicate the maximum force it can measure. FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E3 Using force metres Retort stand Collection of force set meters 100 ml beaker Collection Beaker of items 250ml or devices Testthat tubecan 19mm be pushed Testortube pulled rack Use your force metre to measure the forces required in the various situations listed below. Test tube rack Test tube rack y ar im e Pr e n c i Sc Your teacher has provided you with a number of situations in which you have to apply a force. In each case decide which force metre is appropriate then measure the force required. Note your measurements in the table below: Situation Force required Open a drawer Pull down a door handle Drag a chair across the floor Represent your information on a histogram. FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment Opening a drawer Force required (Newtons) Opening a drawer Force required (Newtons) 4E3 Using force metres FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E4 Measuring forces: weight Retort stand Collection of force set meters 100 ml beaker Collection Beaker of objects 250mlthat Test can be tube lifted 19mm by a force Testmeter tube rack 1 Calibrate the force metre. Adjust the knob until the indicator corresponds to 0N 2 Test tube rack Test tube rack Measure the weight of the objects supplied by your teacher and note down in the table below. Make sure you chose the correct colour force metre for each object. Remove any weights Fill in the table below for the objects provided by your teacher: Object Mass (Kg) Weight (N) Object Mass (Kg) Weight (N) In every day language the words WEIGHT and MASS are often considered to mean the same. But in science they are NOT! WEIGHT is a FORCE like friction or up thrust and is measured in ……………………………… MASS is a measure of the amount of matter (stuff) an object contains. MASS is measured in …………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E5 Measuring forces: the elastic force Retortmeters Force stand set Elastic 100 band ml beaker RulerBeaker Sticky 250ml tape Test tube 19mm Test tube rack Extend the elastic band without stretching so that the end coincides with 0cm. 2 Test tube rack Stretch the elastic band in intervals of 1cm and measure the tension produced on the force metre. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Test tube rack Hold ruler with Sellotape Write down the values of the tension produced in the elastic band verses the extension in the table below. Extension (cm) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Force in produced elastic band (Newtons) Tension [N] Now plot the results on graph below: 10.0 5.0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Extension [cm] FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E6 Types of force: friction Retort stand Wooden blockset String 100 ml beaker Slotted weight Beaker set 250ml ForceTest meter tube 19mm Block of wood with nail and slotted weights F Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack 1 Find the force required to just make the block move. 2 Repeat by sticking different textures to the block and table. e.g. Sandpaper/sandpaper 3 Name the force that prevents the object from moving. Pulling Force When the object just starts to move in the experiment above what can you say about the two forces acting on it? F…………………………………………… = P……………………………………………… Use this to determine the force of friction produced by various surfaces : Surface Wood - Wood Sandpaper - Wood Sand paper - Sand Paper Friction (N) Why is the force of friction between sandpaper and sandpaper bigger than between wood and wood? (hint: think about the texture of the surfaces!) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E7 Friction produces heat Retort thermometer Digital stand set 100 Paper ml beaker Beaker 250ml Test tube 19mm Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack Very gently rub the tip of a probe thermometer over a piece of paper and note what happens to the temperature. Then repeat the exercise on a section of carpet and compare. 28.3ºC What happens to the temperature as the probe is rubbed against the paper?……………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Which produces the greatest change in temperature the paper or the carpet? Which material produces post friction paper or carpet? What causes the change in temperature? ………………………………… Why do you rub your hands together on cold winter mornings?………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E8 Comparing friction between surfaces Retort stand Collection of different set 100textured ml beaker surfaces Beaker (see250ml below) Test Ruler tube 19mm WoodenTest board tube for rack ramp Test Blocktube of wood rack Test tube rack 1 Your teacher has provided you with a flat object [e.g. a wooden block] and various textured surfaces. H 2 Investigate the friction produced by each surface by finding the height, H, to which the ramp can be raised before the object starts to fall. Indicate the direction of the friction and the pulling force in the diagram opposite. When the object opposite is stationary what can you say about the forces acting on it: ………………………… = ……………………… Note the results of your experiment in the table below: Surface Vinyl Paper Wood Carpet Sand Paper Height Which surface appears to produce the most friction?………………………………………………………………………… How did you decide?……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E9 Spinning objects Retort A collection standof set geometrical 100 ml objects beaker 1 Beaker 250ml Test tube 19mm Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack Your teacher has supplied you with various geometric shapes. 2 Try spinning the shapes on your desk top or the floor and see which spins for the longest time. What force stops the object from spinning? ……………………………………………… What two factors effect the friction between the spinning object and the floor? 1. …………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………… 2. …………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………… The tyre pressure in racing bikes needs to be very high. Why does this help the cyclist to travel faster?…………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E10 Why use wheels? Retort stand setHeavy100 Skateboard box ml beaker Force meter Beaker 250ml 1 2 Test tube 19mm Make a heavy object by filling a cardboard box with text books for example. Try pushing the box with your finger. Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack y ar m i e Pr enc i c S y ar m i e Pr enc i c S 3 Place the box on a skateboard and try pushing again. Note the difference. What was the force required to just make the object move: a) Without wheels:……………………………… a) With wheels:……………………………… When you start to apply a pushing force on any object you will notice that, at first , it doesn’t move. This is because it resists your push with an equal force acting in the opposite direction. Write the name of the force in the diagram below: Wheels were invented because they help to reduce which force? ………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E11 High or low friction Retort Print and stand photocopy set worksheet 100 ml beaker IWBBeaker 250ml Test tube 19mm Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack Friction can be wanted or unwanted by a designer, depending on the purpose of the object he or she is designing. Study the photos above and fill in the table below. Look around you and find a few more objects that require or don’t require friction. Object Friction wanted Friction unwanted Bike tyre Bike gears Ice skate Shoe laces Match box Screw driver handle Shoe sole Slide FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E12 A knot race Retort stand Collection of string set or 100 cable ml beaker made fromBeaker different 250ml materials Test but tube more 19mm or less Test the same tubethickness rack Test tube rack 1 Reef Knot: right over left and under then left over right and under. 2 3 Test tube rack Tie a reef knot in various samples of string or cable. Use samples of similar thickness but with different degrees of friction. For example normal string, wool, insulated wire. Organise a race to see who can untie their knot first. Get the pupils to explain the outcome of the race in terms of friction. A knot relies on which type of force in order to work? …………………………………… Explain why some knots in this experiment were far easier to untie than others:………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E13 Investigating old shoes Retort stand Collection of old set shoes 100 mlWeights beaker Beaker Force meters 250ml Test tube 19mm 1 You are going to investigate the frictional properties (grip) of a number of different types of shoe. 2 Take a sample shoe and add some weights to it. If it is an old shoe you could fill it with chipping stones, for example. Test tube rack 3 Test tube rack Test tube rack Find out what force is required to just make the shoe start to and make a note in the table below. Enter your measurements in the table below: Shoe sample Force required to just make it move Trainer Plimsoll School shoe Represent your results on a histogram using the graph paper provided. Which type of shoe appears to offer the greatest friction? …………………………………………………………… How did you insure that you carried out a fair test? …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E13 Investigating old shoes Friction, Newtons Investigating grip on shoes Type of shoe FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E14 Structures and friction Retort stand set Pipils Beaker 250ml Test tube 19mm Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack Get pupils to form structures that require pushing and pulling forces. 1 2 100 ml beaker Help them to see that as long as the structure is stationery then the pushing and pulling forces must be balanced. 3 Get pupils to see the role of friction in keeping their structures stable. What would happen if the people above were wearing roller skates? ……………………………………………… What force do their feet make use of in order to keep the structure stable?……………………………… What supplies this force?…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Name some activities where friction is unwanted: ……………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E15 Water resistance Retortplastic Large stand bottle set 2l 100 mlPlasticene beaker Beaker Board250ml for rollingTest plasticene tube 19mm Test tube rack Test tube rack Cut the top off of a large plastic water bottle (1.5-2 litres) to make a container and two/thirds fill with water. 1 2 Test tube rack Using the SAME AMOUNT of plasticine make various shapes as indicated opposite. 3 Test the shapes to see which moves through the water fastest. Try to record the times taken for each shape to reach the bottom: Shape Time (secs) 1 2 3 4 Draw the shape that has least water resistance: FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E16 Running with a cardboard Retortpiece Large standofset card 100 ml beaker Beaker 250ml Test tube 19mm Test tube rack 1 Get children to compare the difference between running with and without large pieces of card in front of them. 2 Ask them to find out if the same effect is produced when they are walking slowly. Test tube rack Test tube rack Why is it harder to run with a large piece of card in front of them?……………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What is the name of the force that the card produces?…………………………………………………… Write its name in the box below: pushing force Name two factors that this force depend on: …………………………………………………………………… and …………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E17 Making mini kites Retort paper Tissue stand setPlastic 100straws ml beakerduckBeaker tape 250ml Thread Test Glue tube 19mm 1 Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack Use the diagram on the following page to make a number of card templates of the kite and keel. Try cereal packets! Get the children to use the templates to cut out the kite shape and the keel from different coloured tissue paper. 2 Cut two straws to lengths of 21cm (vertical strut) and 19cm (horizontal strut) and glue them to the kite. Cut out the strut supports from duck tape and position at for the four corners of the kite. Duck tape 19cm 21cm Strengthen the central join between the two struts by covering with an additional section of duck tape. 3 Fold the keel where indicated then stick the tab to the other side of the kite. 4 FULL SITE LICENCE Stick some cotton thread to the tip of the keel and go fly your kite! © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. Fold 19cm REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E17 Making mini kites FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E18 Investigating air resistance I Retortofstand Piece scrapset paper 100 A4 ml beaker 1 Beaker 250ml Test tube 19mm Take two pieces of A4 paper and roll one of them into a ball. Then allow both to fall to the ground from the same height. Test tube rack 2 Test tube rack Test tube rack Note which falls to the ground first and explain why. Name the two forces acting on the falling ball in the diagram below: Explain why the paper falls faster when it is screwed up into a ball: ……………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E19 Investigating air resistance II Retortofstand Piece scrapset paper 100 A4 ml Stop beaker watchBeaker 250ml Test tube 19mm Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack You are going to investigate how the air resistance of a falling object depends on its area. Tip: Count the timer in by saying...”three,two,one,drop.” 1 Start with a piece of A4 paper and release it from a high point. You may need to stand on a chair. Record the time for the paper to hit the ground and repeat two more times. 2 Fold the paper in half and repeat step 1 above. Repeat the experiment, folding the paper in half each time, until you cannot fold it any more (probably about six folds). Write down your results in the table below: Number of folds Time to fall Reading 1 Reading 2 Reading 3 Middle reading 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Put your middle reading in the last column and then make a histogram to show your results (see following page). What happens to the air resistance pushing on an object as its area increases? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E19 Investigating air resistance II Time to fall (seconds) Investigating air resistance 0 1 2 3 5 6 Number of folds FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E20 Jet propulsion Retort straw Plastic stand set String 100ormlthread beaker 1 Scissors Beaker 250ml BalloonTestSticky tube 19mm tape Cut a small section from a plastic drinking straw. 2 3 Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack Thread some string through the straw section and connect it between two secure points in the classroom so that it is quite tight. Blow up the balloon (but don´t tie a knot) and attach it to the plastic straw using tape. Then release it! What pushes the balloon along the string? …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… How could you increase the speed of the balloon? Rocket balloons are long and thin (expt 6E36). Why might these be abetter design than conventional egg shaped balloons? Try using nylon fishing line instead of string. You should find that the balloon goes faster. Why is this? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E21 Make a straw plane Retort straws Plastic stand set (big hole, 100see ml beaker below) Beaker 250ml Normal sized plastic Test straw tube 19mm Light card Testand tube paper rack 1 Use a plastic straw with a wide diameter. The ones sold in a famous hamburger outlet are great for this. 2 Seal one end of the straw using glue. A glue gun is best. If you use PVA glue you will have to wait some time for the glue to dry. 3 4 Glue Test tube Sticky rack tape Test tube rack u Gl e Use some light weight card to cut out your wings. Some concepts are shown below that you may like to try. Stick the wings to the straw with sticky tape. Insert a smaller, normal sized, straw into your straw plane and blow. See how far the plane will travel. Make a competition to see whose straw plane travels furthest or stays in the air longest. FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E22 Build a parachute Retort Print and stand photocopy set template 100 ml beaker provided Beaker Old 250ml plastic bags Test tube Hole19mm punch 2 Cut out the hexagon. m ar ke r 1 Draw a hexagon on a section of old cotton sheet or plastic bag using the template provided. Test Marker tube pen rack Cotton Testthread tube rack Wooden Test block tube rack and hook 3 4 Tie equal lengths of string from each of the holes in the parachute and unite them at a small metal washer. Now hang a small object such as a small wooden block from the washer using an eyelet hook. FULL SITE LICENCE Use a hole punch to make a hole near to each vertex of the parachute. Small washer Eyelet hook © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E23 Investigating parachutes Retort stand Parachute (previous set expt) 100 ml beaker Stop watch Beaker 250ml Test tube 19mm Test tube rack Test tube rack Test tube rack 1 Investigate the parachutes you made in the previous experiment. 2 Working in pairs find out how the area of the parachute effects the time taken to reach the ground. Record your results in the table below: Parachute area Time to fall Reading 1 Reading 2 Reading 3 Middle reading 100% area 75% area 50% area Represent your readings as a histogram on the graph provided. Is there a relationship between the time taken to fall and the area of the parachute? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Explain your results in terms of air resistance: …………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E23 Investigating parachutes Area=75% Area=100% Area=50% FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK Unit menu Main menu Equipment 4E23 Investigating parachutes Investigating parachutes Time to fall (seconds) Time to fall (seconds) Investigating parachutes 100% 50% 25% Area of parachute FULL SITE LICENCE © Martin Roberts 2010. All rights reserved. 100% 50% 25% Area of parachute REG USER: hy6ZAjfp9hmK