This interactive applet simulates the forces acting on a vertically moving block. The block is supported by springs that, in turn, are resting on a platform. Students control velocity and acceleration, allowing them to learn about the normal force and how to use Newton's Second Law to calculate the normal force on a vertically accelerating object. This item is part of a module that includes a detailed lesson with related problems/solutions, learning outcomes, and instructions for use.
This item is part of a larger collection of simulation-based physics modules sponsored by the MAP project (Modular Approach to Physics).
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=7201">University of Calgary. Modular Approach to Physics: Block on Springs. Calgary: University of Calgary, March 26, 2007.</a>
Modular Approach to Physics: Block on Springs (University of Calgary, Calgary, 2002), <http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/force/normfrce/simulate/blockonsprings/page2.html>.
Modular Approach to Physics: Block on Springs. (2007, March 26). Retrieved March 19, 2025, from University of Calgary: http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/force/normfrce/simulate/blockonsprings/page2.html
University of Calgary. Modular Approach to Physics: Block on Springs. Calgary: University of Calgary, March 26, 2007. http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/force/normfrce/simulate/blockonsprings/page2.html (accessed 19 March 2025).
Modular Approach to Physics: Block on Springs. Calgary: University of Calgary, 2002. 26 Mar. 2007. 19 Mar. 2025 <http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/force/normfrce/simulate/blockonsprings/page2.html>.
@misc{
Title = {Modular Approach to Physics: Block on Springs},
Publisher = {University of Calgary},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {19 March 2025},
Month = {March 26, 2007},
Year = {2002}
}
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