Day 2: Masses and Springs

• Use Scatter Graphs to Define the Period of a Pendulum
• Data linearization
• The role of gravity

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/mass-spring-lab 

Design three hypotheses to use with this lab:

*friction and the effect on the spring/mass

*mass and the effect on the period or stretch

*stiffness of the spring and the effect on the period, stretch, or mass

Gather data to support or reject each of the hypotheses.

How are the ideas of a mass on a spring and a pendulum alike?  How are they different?

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/u10l0c.cfm  (note the pictures)

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/u10l0d.cfm  (directly related to the PHET)