Ejs Intro SpringLab Model

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Science SPORE Prize
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Ejs Intro SpringLab Model

written by Anne Cox, Wolfgang Christian, and Mario Belloni
supported by the National Science Foundation

The Introductory Spring Lab model asks students to develop a model for a mass on a spring. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double-clicking the ejs_intro_SpringLab.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. In order to modify this simulation (and see how it is designed), if you have Ejs installed, you can right-click within the simulation window and select Open Ejs Model from the pop-up menu. Information about Ejs (Easy Java Simulations) is available at: .

The Intro Spring Lab program is one of a suite of Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) models used in Introductory Physics Labs. Ejs, a part of the Open Source Physics Project, and is designed to make it easier to access, modify and generate computer models.  Additional models can be found by searching ComPADRE for Ejs.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.

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Published: May 28, 2008
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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Newton's Second Law = Force, Acceleration Oscillations & Waves - Oscillations = Simple Harmonic Motion = Springs and Oscillators	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Interactive Simulation = Laboratory

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2008 Wolfgang Christian
Additional information is available.
PACSs:: 01.50.hv; 07.05.Tp; 01.50.Lc
Keywords:: EJS, Easy Java Simulations, computational modeling, computer modeling, conservation of energy, elastic potential energy, gravitational potential energy, osp, spring, spring constant
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created May 28, 2008 by Anne Cox
Record Updated:: June 5, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
Last Update when Cataloged:: May 28, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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4. The Physical Setting

4F. Motion

9-12: 4F/H4. Whenever one thing exerts a force on another, an equal amount of force is exerted back on it.

11. Common Themes

11B. Models

6-8: 11B/M2. Mathematical models can be displayed on a computer and then modified to see what happens.
9-12: 11B/H3. The usefulness of a model can be tested by comparing its predictions to actual observations in the real world. But a close match does not necessarily mean that other models would not work equally well or better.

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/OSP/items/detail.cfm?ID=7278">Cox, A, W. Christian, and M. Belloni. "Ejs Intro SpringLab Model."</a>

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A. Cox, W. Christian, and M. Belloni, Computer Program EJS INTRO SPRINGLAB MODEL (2008), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7278&DocID=450).

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A. Cox, W. Christian, and M. Belloni, Computer Program EJS INTRO SPRINGLAB MODEL (2008), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7278&DocID=450>.

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Cox, A., Christian, W., & Belloni, M. (2008). Ejs Intro SpringLab Model [Computer software]. Retrieved September 17, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7278&DocID=450

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Cox, A, W. Christian, and M. Belloni. "Ejs Intro SpringLab Model." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7278&DocID=450 (accessed 17 September 2024).

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Cox, Anne, Wolfgang Christian, and Mario Belloni. Ejs Intro SpringLab Model. Computer software. 2008. Java 1.5. 17 Sep. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7278&DocID=450>.

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