Hang various mass weights on spring scales while you adjust the spring stiffness and damping in this online activity. Slow down the action, take it to another planet, or watch the amount of potential, thermal, and kinetic energy.

Concepts

gravitational potential energy, mechanical energy, hooke's law

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Additional Tags

elastic potential energy, law of conservation of energy, object mass, science simulation, spring scale, phet

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)