Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Would you rather…
A woman wearing a stiletto heel trod on your foot
Or…
An elephant trod on your foot?
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Lesson What is compound measure?
Objectives:
Developing Write down as many units of measure as you can.
students will be
able to answer
straightforward Which do you think are compound ?
questions on
pressure, force
and area.
What is compound measure?
Secure students
will be able to
answer questions
on pressure, force
and area
combining unit
conversions.
Excelling students
will be able to
solve problems
involving pressure,
Keywords
force and area.
Pressure, force, area, weight, acceleration, Newtons, cm², m², mm²
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Lesson Commonly used compound measures include:
Objectives: Pressure is a measure of how much force is applied
over a unit of area
Developing
• Gets bigger if force gets bigger Measured in g/cm3
students will be Density
able to answer • Gets bigger if force is more concentrated or kg/L
straightforward • Gets smaller if force is more spread outMeasured in m/s,
questions on Speed
pressure, force km/h or mph
and area.
Measured in N/m2
Pressure
Secure students or N/cm2
will be able to
answer questions Measured in km/L
on pressure, force Fuel consumption
or mpg
and area
combining unit
conversions.
Excelling students
will be able to
solve problems
involving pressure,
Keywords
force and area.
Pressure, force, area, weight, acceleration, Newtons, cm², m², mm²
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Lesson Example
Objectives:
A car of weight 6 400 N Pressure =
Developing has four wheels. Each
students will be
able to answer wheel has an area of 80
straightforward cm² touching the road.
questions on
pressure, force
Find the pressure the car
and area. puts on the ground.
Secure students
will be able to Pressure = = = 20 N/cm2
answer questions
on pressure, force
and area
combining unit
conversions.
Excelling students
will be able to
solve problems
involving pressure,
Keywords
force and area.
Pressure, force, area, weight, acceleration, Newtons, cm², m², mm²
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Lesson Emily weighs 500 N and is wearing stiletto heels which
Objectives:
combined have an area of 0.0001 m2. What pressure
Developing does she exert?
students will be
able to answer Pressure = 500 ÷ 0.0001 = 5 000 000 N/m²
straightforward
questions on
pressure, force
Nelly the elephant weighs 50 000 N. Her 4 feet are on
and area. the ground and cover a total area of 0.8 m2. What is the
pressure under her feet?
Secure students
will be able to Pressure = 50 000 ÷ 0.8 = 62 500 N/m²
answer questions
on pressure, force
and area Who would sink further into the ground – Emily or Nelly?
combining unit Can you justify your answer?
conversions.
Emily – more pressure!
Excelling students
will be able to
solve problems
involving pressure,
Keywords
force and area.
Pressure, force, area, weight, acceleration, Newtons, cm², m², mm²
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Lesson
Objectives:
Developing
students will be
able to answer How confident do you feel with this topic?
straightforward
questions on
pressure, force
and area.
Write red, amber or green in your book!
Secure students
will be able to Complete the corresponding activity
answer questions
on pressure, force
and area
combining unit
conversions.
Excelling students
will be able to
solve problems
involving pressure,
Keywords
force and area.
Pressure, force, area, weight, acceleration, Newtons, cm², m², mm²
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Answers
Draw and describe an object 1. 2500 N/cm²
that is designed to decrease
pressure: 2. 1.5 N/cm²
• Elephant’s foot
• Snow shoes 3. 12.5 N/cm²
• Large tyres
4. 5 N/cm²
Draw and describe an object
that is designed to increase 5. 2N
pressure:
• Sharp point – needle/pin 6. 0.005 cm² or 0.5 mm²
• Sharp edge - knife
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Snow shoes work by decreasing the surface area over which
the weight is applied.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Snow shoes work by increasing the surface area over which
the weight is applied.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Snow shoes work by decreasing the force applied to the
ground.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Snow shoes work by spreading out the pressure applied to the
ground.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
The total force is the weight of the person wearing the show
shoes.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Snow shoes work by decreasing the pressure applied to the
ground.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Pressure is the force multiplied by the area.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
The total force is the pressure times the area of the base of
the shoes.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Snow shoes work by spreading out the force applied to the
ground.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
The total force is the pressure divided by the area of the base
of the shoes.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
The total pressure is the weight of the person wearing the
snow shoes.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
The force applied by the person to the snow is still the same if
he wears normal shoes, or even heels.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Pressure is the force divided by the area.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
The pressure applied by the person to the snow is still the
same if he wears normal shoes, or even heels.
False Not sure True
Pressure, Force and Area Thursday 14 November 2024
Lesson
Objectives: Plenary
Developing
students will be
able to answer
straightforward
questions on
pressure, force
and area.
Secure students
will be able to
answer questions
on pressure, force
and area What did you learn today? What did you find
combining unit
conversions. tricky? What can we do next time?
Excelling students
will be able to
solve problems
involving pressure,
Keywords
force and area.
Pressure, force, area, weight, acceleration, Newtons, cm², m², mm²
