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This mobile-friendly simulation allows students to stretch and compress springs to explore relationships among force, spring constant, displacement, and potential energy in a spring. It was designed to promote understanding of the predictable mathematical relationships that underlie Hooke's Law. Note: The simulation is freely accessible; the Teacher Tips and teacher-created lesson plans are available to registered users only. Registration is cost-free.
This resource is part of PhET, the Physics Education Technology Project, a collection of simulation-based learning objects developed for learners of physics, chemistry, math, earth science, and biology. Editor's Note: This simulation is an especially effective way to promote understanding of "restoring force", a topic of documented misconception among students in introductory physics courses.
Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)
Forces and Motion (PS2.A)
Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer (PS3.B)
Crosscutting Concepts (K-12)
Patterns (K-12)
Cause and Effect (K-12)
Systems and System Models (K-12)
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (K-12)
Analyzing and Interpreting Data (K-12)
Developing and Using Models (K-12)
Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking (5-12)
NGSS Nature of Science Standards (K-12)
Analyzing and Interpreting Data (K-12)
Developing and Using Models (K-12)
Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking (5-12)
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)2. The Nature of Mathematics
2A. Patterns and Relationships
4. The Physical Setting
4E. Energy Transformations
4F. Motion
9. The Mathematical World
9B. Symbolic Relationships
11. Common Themes
11B. Models
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=14156">PhET. PhET Simulation: Hooke's Law. Boulder: PhET, November 5, 2015.</a>
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(PhET, Boulder, 2014), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/hookes-law).
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PhET Simulation: Hooke's Law (PhET, Boulder, 2014), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/hookes-law>.
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PhET Simulation: Hooke's Law. (2015, November 5). Retrieved December 7, 2024, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/hookes-law
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PhET. PhET Simulation: Hooke's Law. Boulder: PhET, November 5, 2015. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/hookes-law (accessed 7 December 2024).
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PhET Simulation: Hooke's Law. Boulder: PhET, 2014. 5 Nov. 2015. 7 Dec. 2024 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/hookes-law>.
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Title = {PhET Simulation: Hooke's Law},
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Number = {7 December 2024},
Month = {November 5, 2015},
Year = {2014}
}
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