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....
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.
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.
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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Simple Harmonic Motion
This activity assesses students' knowledge and understanding of simple harmonic motion.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simple Harmonic Motion: Find Speed, Velocity, Displace From Graphs
Practice finding speed, velocity, and distance traveled for an oscillator from graphs of simple harmonic motion.
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...
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.
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Analyzing Energy for a Simple Harmonic Oscillator From Graphs
Using velocity vs. time and position vs. time graphs, students will practice analyzing energy for a simple harmonic oscillator with these practice problems.
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.
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...
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...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Cross Reference: Harmonic Motion
A page which cross-references various museum exhibits pertaining to harmonic motion. Page also contains an animation depicting the sinusoidal nature of simple harmonic motion.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Pendulum Lab
An interactive simulation that teaches about periodic motion, simple harmonic motion, and conservation of energy. Observe one or two pendulums to determine how the swing is influenced by the length of the string, the mass of the pendulum...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Oscillatory Motion and Waves: Conceptual Questions
This is a list of 18 questions covering the major concepts in Chapter 16: Oscillatory Motion and Waves from the AP Physics online text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Oscillatory Motion and Waves: Summary
This page provides a summary for each section of Chapter 16: Oscillatory Motion and Waves from the AP Physics online text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Oscillatory Motion and Waves: Problems and Exercises
This is a list of problems and exercises to solve based on the content of Chapter 16: Oscillatory Motion and Waves from the AP Physics online text.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Vibrations
To understand the concept and properties of vibrations and periodic motions such as the Simple Harmonic motion.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Cl Circuit
Shows how simple harmonic motion is used in a circuit comprised of an inductor and a capacitor. Includes detailed formula derivation utilizing calculus.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Applications of Trigonometric Graphs
The tutorial explores applications of trigonometric graphs. Topics include simple harmonic motion and angular velocity. Definitions, an animation, examples, and practice exercises are included.
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.
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.