ScienceYears 10–11Physics — Practical Skills

Physics required practicals

Carry out and evaluate required practicals including specific heat capacity, resistance, density, force/extension and waves

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you're a scientist measuring the density of a metal block. You need to find its mass and its volume.

  2. 2

    What two things do you need to measure to find density?

  3. 3

    Measure the mass of this metal block on the scale.

  4. 4

    Let's find the density of a block that has mass 200g and volume 50cm³.

  5. 5

    Now you try! Find the density of a block with mass 150g and volume 30cm³.

  6. 6

    What is the density of a block with mass 100g and volume 20cm³?

  7. 7

    Why do we measure volume using a displacement can for irregular objects?

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