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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Hooke's Law?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about elasticity and how to determine the force exerted by a spring.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Spring Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
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.)
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Website
MadSci Network

The Mad Scientist Network: Bouncing Rubber Ball

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Robert Hooke (1635 1703)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a short biographical sketch of Robert Hooke and describes his most notable scientific discoveries, contributions, and associations.
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Unit Plan
Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Oscillatory Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Work

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Hooke's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: How Does a Spring Scale Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how a spring scale works and what it is used for.
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Website
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Learning Center: Rigid Bodies and Rotational Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

University of Winnipeg: The Simple Pendulum

For Students 9th - 10th
The periodic motion of a pendulum is described with words and equations; little conceptual emphasis. Sample problems with solutions are provided.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Elasticity vs Plasticity

For Students 2nd - 8th
Topics covered include definitions, examples of and differences between elasticity and plasticity, uses, Hooke's Law, and interesting facts.