Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Waves
Through informational text, interactive activities, and practice problems, students learn about the properties of waves, and how they transfer energy.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Simple Harmonic Motion
In this unit, students will discover the period of time of one oscillation, the frequency of oscillation, the object displacement, its velocity, and its acceleration. They will also discover how to apply the principles of conservation of...
Yale University
Open Yale Courses: Fundamentals of Physics
Intended for students with a strong math and science background, a course introducing physics concepts of Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravitation, thermodynamics, and waves. Twenty-four class sessions in video format are...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Android Pendulums
Students investigate the motion of a simple pendulum through direct observation and data collection using Android devices and the AccelDataCapture app.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Into the Swing of Things
Young scholars learn the basic properties of periodic and harmonic motion, and how the rearrangement of the simple pendulum equation can be used to solve for gravitational acceleration, pendulum length, and gravity. At lesson end,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Energy and the Simple Harmonic Oscillator
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the changes in energy that occur while a system undergoes simple harmonic motion.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Simple Harmonic Motion: A Special Periodic Motion
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe a simple harmonic oscillator and relate physical characteristics of a vibrating system to aspects of simple harmonic motion and any resulting waves.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Mass on a Spring
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students solve problems dealing with simple harmonic motion using a mass on a string.
Other
Bc Open Textbooks: Energy and the Simple Harmonic Oscillator
This resource examines how to determine the maximum speed of an oscillating system. It discusses how the concept of law of energy can be applied in solving these types of problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Harmonic Motion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore periodic motion and simple harmonic motion by watching video clips, manipulating interactives, and solving practice problems.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Simple Harmonic Motion
Students explore simple harmonic motion. Some topics examined in the activities are simple harmonic motion, oscillatory motion, and Hooke's law. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions....
Pennsylvania State University
Acoustics and Vibration Animations: Demonstrations: The Simple Pendulum
A series of graphics, downloadable animations and text describe and explain the motion of a pendulum. Some sections require an understanding of calculus.
Pennsylvania State University
Kettering University: The Simple Harmonic Oscillator
The motion of three simple harmonic oscillators is animated to illustrate the effects of mass and spring constant upon the motion. Several equations and a lengthy discussion accompany the animations.
University of Guelph
University of Guelph: Physics Tutorials: Amplitude, Period, and Frequency
A tutorial describing the characteristics of simple harmonic motion. Utilizes animations, mathematical equations, and interactive questions to teach essential principles.
University of Maryland
Thinking Problems in Oscillations and Waves: Mass on a S
A series of thought-intensive, multichoice questions from the University of Maryland concerning masses on springs. A downloadable software program on the topic is also included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Simple Harmonic Motion
This activity assesses students' knowledge and understanding of simple harmonic motion.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Harmonic Motion
In this activity, students learn about the differential equations used to model the simple harmonic motion of a block attached to a spring. They study the effect of air resistance on the motion and create an animation to describe its...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Understanding the Motion of a Harmonic Oscillator
An interactive lecture demonstration where students are guided to a full conceptual understanding of harmonic motion. This lecture and collection of demonstrations and simulations are intended for introducing the concepts of wave...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Simple Harmonic Motion
Wikipedia offers great information on simple harmonic motion, including an image, formulas, and hyperlinked terms.
Other
Ucsc Electronic Music Studios: Simple Harmonic Motion
Simple harmonic motion is described and explained and related to a Helmholtz resonator. Relation between simple harmonic motion and a vibrating air column is clearly made in an effort to explain why a pop bottle resonates when blowing...
Other
Institute of Physics: Practical Physics: Investigate Mass on Spring Oscillators
This experiment allows the period, displacement, velocity, and acceleration of a mass suspended on a spring to be investigated by data logging the output from a motion sensor. It is an example of simple harmonic motion.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Applications Using Radicals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students use radical equations to solve area and volume problems.
Yale University
Open Yale Courses: Physics 200: Simple Harmonic Motion
This lecture on simple harmonic motion includes descriptions of amplitude, frequency and period. The lecture comes in several formats including video, audio and transcript.
University of Maryland
Thinking Problems in Oscillations and Waves: Pendulum
A series of thought-intensive, multichoice questions concerning pendulums and provided for by the University of Maryland. A downloadable software program on pendulums is also included.