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Hooke's Law |
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Activities
Exploration
Explore the Mass and Spring simulation below for several minutes:
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Now that you have spent several minutes familiarizing yourself with the Mass and Spring simulation, complete the following multi-choice question. Feel free to use the simulation to help you answer the question.
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Reflection
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Forces in equilibrium is a concept that will be very useful when completing the remainder of the activity.
The best answer to the question above is (a) because the magnitude of the object's weight (W) is equal to the magnitude of the (upward) force from the spring (Fs). |
Main Activity
There are three ways to complete the Hooke's Law activity. Click on the highlighted link below that is the closest match for your situation.
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| Comfortable with the simulation | Uncomfortable with the simulation | Sharing a computer |
| Answered the multi-choice question correctly | Experienced difficulties with the multi-choice question | Working in a Team |
| Already have a hypothesis | Not sure of a hypothesis | |
| Ready for a challenge | Ready for small steps | |
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Hooke's Law |
Introduction | Preknowledge | Objectives | Activities | Conclusion | Resources | Definitions |
