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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Guided Oscillation Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students calibrate an oscillating spring. They will develop a calibration equation to relate the frequency of oscillation to the mass on the spring. They will then test their equation by determining the mass...
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Oscillator Chain Model

For Students 9th - 10th
In this simulation a series of coupled oscillators in a chain with anchored ends can be investigated for their wave properties.
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Other

Institute of Physics: Practical Physics: Investigate Mass on Spring Oscillators

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Timed Vertical Oscillation Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the period and frequency of an object oscillating on a spring. You will do this by timing enough oscillations to minimize your error to a low value. You will also use the frequency to find the spring constant of the spring based on...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Vertical Oscillation Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
In this program you will need to find the amplitude and frequency of an object oscillating on a spring. You will also use the frequency to find the spring constant of the spring based on the frequency.
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Pennsylvania State University

Kettering University: The Simple Harmonic Oscillator

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Ke to Oscillation

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must predict the amplitude and frequency of oscillation for a hovercraft getting stuck to a spring.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Horizontal Oscillation Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab will allow students to investigate the factors that affect the amplitude, frequency, period and/or angular frequency of a frictionless hovercraft oscillating on a horizontal surface.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Oscillation Lab (Graph Is Below Simulation Window)

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab will allow students to investigate the relationships that govern the frequency of oscillation for a mass on a spring.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Analyzing Energy for a Simple Harmonic Oscillator From Data Tables

For Students 9th - 10th
Use your knowledge of simple harmonic oscillator to analyze energy from experimental data with these practice problems.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Analyzing Energy for a Simple Harmonic Oscillator From Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Using velocity vs. time and position vs. time graphs, students will practice analyzing energy for a simple harmonic oscillator with these practice problems.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Chaotic Electric Circuit Explorer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulation investigating the characteristics of two electrical circuits that exhibit chaotic behavior, Chua's circuit and an autonomous relaxation oscillator (ARO), by adjusting the settings.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Energy and the Simple Harmonic Oscillator

For Students 11th - 12th
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.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Wave on a String

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the wonderful world of waves! Observe a string vibrate in slow motion. Wiggle the end of the string and make waves, or adjust the frequency and amplitude of an oscillator.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Anisotropic Oscillator Model

For Students 9th - 10th
In this simulation an object is attached to two strings under tension on opposite sides of it. The object's starting position and the strings' lengths can be altered. The path of the object when it is released is traced on an...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Forced Oscillations and Resonance

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to differentiate between different types of damping and explain resonance.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Quartic Oscillator Model

For Students 9th - 10th
A model showing the movement of a bead on a horizontal rod, with symmetric springs on each side. A phase-space chart is shown alongside the model.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Horizontal Oscillations With Damping Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab will allow students to investigate how the motion of a real object on a spring differs from the idealized version by introducing damping to the situation.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Quantum Harmonic Oscillator

For Students 11th - 12th
Understand classic correspondence, coherent and squeezed states, quantum transitions, and quantum dissipation in this animation. Get a foundation for quantum mechanics.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Understanding the Motion of a Harmonic Oscillator

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive lecture demonstration where learners 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...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Double Inverted Pendulum Oscillating

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust frequency, amplitude, and perturbation in this simulation to graph the trajectory of a mass at the end of each pendulum.
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Activity
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Normal Modes

For Students 11th - 12th
An interactive simulation that teaches about oscillators, normal modes, and polarization by varying the number of masses and initial conditions to determine their effect on 1D or 2D systems of coupled mass-spring oscillators. This...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Simple Harmonic Motion: A Special Periodic Motion

For Students 11th - 12th
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.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Drawing a wave onscreen by using oscillations.

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