Springing into Hooke's Law

This lab exploration provides students with an opportunity to examine the relationship between the amount a linear spring is stretched and the restoring force that acts to return the spring to its rest length. This concept is central to an understanding of elastic potential energy in mechanical systems and has implications in the study of a large array of mechanical and electromagnetic simple harmonic oscillators.

Resource ID#: 121532 Type: Lesson Plan

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General Information

Subject(s): Science

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Intended Audience: Educators

Suggested Technology: Basic Calculators

Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s)

Keywords: spring, spring constant, restoring force, Hooke's Law

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan

Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Physical Sciences

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