Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Hooke's Law?
Learn about elasticity and how to determine the force exerted by a spring.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Spring Forces
Creating a simulation of a bob hanging from a spring in a two-dimensional space that responds to other forces in the environment (wind, gravity, etc.)
MadSci Network
The Mad Scientist Network: Bouncing Rubber Ball
A question and answer format is used to relate elastic potential energy to the bounce of a rubber ball. Explanation of this simple phenomenon is thorough, complete, and free of trite statements.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Robert Hooke (1635 1703)
Provides a short biographical sketch of Robert Hooke and describes his most notable scientific discoveries, contributions, and associations.
Learn AP Physics
Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Oscillatory Motion
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews oscillatory motion including simple harmonic motion, Hooke's law, harmonic motion, pendulum, and springs. Site contains links to video...
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Work
Integration is applied to the real world by finding the work done by a constant force on a body. Several examples are provided, including one that applies Hooke's Law for springs.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Hooke's Law
Hooke's law and the strain-stress relationship is discussed and stated as an equation. The application of the law to springs is made and the elastic limit is discussed.
Science Struck
Science Struck: How Does a Spring Scale Work?
Explains how a spring scale works and what it is used for.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Learning Center: Rigid Bodies and Rotational Motion
From the companion web site for the Contemporary College Physics web site. The collection of pages indexed from this page lead to a variety of useful resources pertinent to Chapter 9 (Rigid Bodies and Rotational Motion) of the book. Such...
Other
University of Winnipeg: The Simple Pendulum
The periodic motion of a pendulum is described with words and equations; little conceptual emphasis. Sample problems with solutions are provided.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Elasticity vs Plasticity
Topics covered include definitions, examples of and differences between elasticity and plasticity, uses, Hooke's Law, and interesting facts.