Simple Harmonic Motion and Mechanical Resonance (Part 2)


Common area

  • 2-m sticks
  • 1-m sticks
  • Rulers
  • Balances (two per room)
  • Mass clips
  • String
  • Scissors

Individual station

  • Lab Quest Mini w/ USB cable and telecom to digital adapter
  • Air track
  • Blower and hoses (one blower can feed two air tracks)
  • Driving motor
  • Photogate timer (primary only)
  • Rotary encoder
  • Telecom to rotary encoder cable
  • Glider
    • Rubber band (to hold springs)
    • Threaded rod w/ nut (to hold string)
    • 2 damping magnets (on glider posts)
  • 2 springs
  • Pulley on a post
  • Flag
  • Heavy-duty string (for connecting motor to spring)
  • String attached to 1 mass clip (passed over rotary encoder)
  • 4 additional mass clips