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PhET Simulation: Masses & Springs
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This simulation provides a realistic virtual mass-and-spring laboratory. Users can explore spring motion by manipulating stiffness of the spring, the hanging mass, the initial pull, damping (friction) and gravity. This item is part of a larger collection of simulations developed by the Physics Education Technology project (PhET).

Please note that this resource requires Flash.
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/masses-and-springs
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Motion, Forces, and Energy
- Work and Energy
Waves and Pendula
- Oscillations
= Damped Oscillators
= Hooke's Law
= Simple Harmonic Motion
= Springs and Oscillators
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Middle School
- Instructional Material
= Curriculum support
= Interactive Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- application/flash
- application/java
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2005 PHET; University of Colorado at Boulder
Additional information is available.
Keywords: Hooke's Law, damping, elastic potential energy, friction, harmonic oscillation, simple harmonic motion, spring constant, springs
Record Cloner: Metadata instance created April 26, 2006 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated: Feb 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update
when Cataloged:		 March 3, 2006
Other Collections:

NSES Content Standards

Con.B: Physical Science
  • 5-8: Motion & Forces
  • 9-12: Motions & Forces
  • 9-12: Conservation of Energy & Increase in Disorder
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Record Link
AIP Format
(PhET, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/masses-and-springs).
AJP/PRST-PER
PhET Simulation: Masses & Springs (PhET, Boulder, 2005), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/masses-and-springs>.
APA Format
PhET Simulation: Masses & Springs. (2006, March 3). Retrieved November 10, 2025, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/masses-and-springs
Chicago Format
PhET. PhET Simulation: Masses & Springs. Boulder: PhET, March 3, 2006. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/masses-and-springs (accessed 10 November 2025).
MLA Format
PhET Simulation: Masses & Springs. Boulder: PhET, 2005. 3 Mar. 2006. 10 Nov. 2025 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/masses-and-springs>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {PhET Simulation: Masses & Springs}, Publisher = {PhET}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {10 November 2025}, Month = {March 3, 2006}, Year = {2005} }
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