Periodic Motion: Mass and Spring

Experimentally determine the physical properties of a hanging mass and spring system that affect its period of oscillation.

Grade Level: Advanced PlacementHigh School

Subject: Physics

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Standards Correlations

IB® Topics AP® Topics
4.1 3.B.3.1; 3.B.3.2; 3.B.3.3; 3.B.3.4

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Dynamics Track Spring Set

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Box of 12 springs with spring constants of 3.4 N/m and 6.8 N/m.

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