Curated OER
Unit VII: Energy: Worksheet 2 Hooke's Law
Physic starters spring into energy with a problem-solving worksheet. They work with graphs, apply Hooke's law, draw force diagrams, and solve for distance, force, or mass in spring systems. There are seven problems in all.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Gravity and Orbits
An interactive simulation that teaches about gravitational force, circular motion, and astronomy by manipulating the sun, earth, moon, and a space station to observe the effects of gravity and orbital paths. This simulation can either be...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Hooke's Law
An interactive simulation that teaches about force and potential energy by changing variables to stretch and compress springs. This simulation can either be downloaded or played online and includes handouts, lesson plans, and additional...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Resonance
An interactive simulation that teaches about resonance, harmonic motion, and oscillator by observing varying frequencies and amplitudes, damping constants, and the mass and spring constant to determine the effect on resonance. This...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Gravity Force Lab
An interactive simulation that teaches about gravitational force, Newton's Third Law, and force pairs by varying properties affect the gravitational force exerted between two objects. This simulation can either be downloaded or played...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Applications of Newton's Laws of Motion
Students apply Newton's laws to more diverse physical settings where multiple forces from varying origins interact. To aid in condensing the physical setting into mathematical expressions, the free body diagram is used in this module...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Hooke's Law
Stretch and compress springs to explore the relationships between force, spring constant, displacement, and potential energy. Investigate what happens when two springs are connected in series and parallel.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Using Hooke's Law to Understand Materials
Students explore the response of springs to forces as a way to begin to understand elastic solid behavior. They gain experience in data collection, spring constant calculation, and comparison and interpretation of graphs and material...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Stress, Strain and Hooke's Law
This lesson offers an introduction to Hooke's Law as well as stress-strain relationships. Students will first learn the governing equations. Then students will work through several example problems first individually, then as a class. In...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Vertical Oscillation Problem
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.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Force Elastic From Graph
Students must find the value of the spring constant based on a graph of force vs. length.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Robert Hooke (1635 1703)
Provides a short biographical sketch of Robert Hooke and describes his most notable scientific discoveries, contributions, and associations.