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written by Gary Gladding
published by the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group
This interactive homework problem was designed to help students understand how to apply calculations in a system involving a mass hanging from a vertical spring. If the spring is stretched and then released, what is the speed of the block when it returns to its original position for the first time? First, learners will answer conceptual questions designed to encourage critical thinking, then they will use the Conservation of Mechanical Energy method to solve the problem. This resource is part of a larger collection of interactive problems developed by the Illinois Physics Education Research Group.
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Classical Mechanics
- Work and Energy
= Conservation of Energy
Education Practices
- Active Learning
= Problem Solving
Oscillations & Waves
- Oscillations
= Springs and Oscillators
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Problem/Problem Set
= Tutorial
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Socratic reasoning, conservation of mechanical energy, conservative forces, elastic energy, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, spring, tutorial problem
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Metadata instance created February 9, 2008 by Alea Smith
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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

4. The Physical Setting

4E. Energy Transformations
  • 6-8: 4E/M4. Energy appears in different forms and can be transformed within a system. Motion energy is associated with the speed of an object. Thermal energy is associated with the temperature of an object. Gravitational energy is associated with the height of an object above a reference point. Elastic energy is associated with the stretching or compressing of an elastic object. Chemical energy is associated with the composition of a substance. Electrical energy is associated with an electric current in a circuit. Light energy is associated with the frequency of electromagnetic waves.
  • 9-12: 4E/H9. Many forms of energy can be considered to be either kinetic energy, which is the energy of motion, or potential energy, which depends on the separation between mutually attracting or repelling objects.
  • 9-12: 4E/H10. If no energy is transferred into or out of a system, the total energy of all the different forms in the system will not change, no matter what gradual or violent changes actually occur within the system.
4F. Motion
  • 6-8: 4F/M3a. An unbalanced force acting on an object changes its speed or direction of motion, or both.
  • 9-12: 4F/H1. The change in motion (direction or speed) of an object is proportional to the applied force and inversely proportional to the mass.

11. Common Themes

11A. Systems
  • 9-12: 11A/H1. A system usually has some properties that are different from those of its parts, but appear because of the interaction of those parts.

12. Habits of Mind

12B. Computation and Estimation
  • 9-12: 12B/H1. Use appropriate ratios and proportions, including constant rates, when needed to make calculations for solving real-world problems.
  • 9-12: 12B/H2. Find answers to real-world problems by substituting numerical values in simple algebraic formulas and check the answer by reviewing the steps of the calculation and by judging whether the answer is reasonable.

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Alignments

High School — Number and Quantity (9-12)

Quantities? (9-12)
  • N-Q.1 Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays.

High School — Algebra (9-12)

Seeing Structure in Expressions (9-12)
  • A-SSE.1.b Interpret complicated expressions by viewing one or more of their parts as a single entity.
  • A-SSE.2 Use the structure of an expression to identify ways to rewrite it.
Creating Equations? (9-12)
  • A-CED.4 Rearrange formulas to highlight a quantity of interest, using the same reasoning as in solving equations.
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G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/06/IE_mass_vertical_spring).
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G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Mass on a Vertical Spring (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/06/IE_mass_vertical_spring>.
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Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Mass on a Vertical Spring. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/06/IE_mass_vertical_spring
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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Mass on a Vertical Spring. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/06/IE_mass_vertical_spring (accessed 19 March 2024).
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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Mass on a Vertical Spring. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 19 Mar. 2024 <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/06/IE_mass_vertical_spring>.
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