ESTIMATED TIME: 1 WEEK
Reading Assignment:
Giancoli's 5/6e: Sections 11.1, 11.2, and 11.4
Walker 2e: Sections 13.1, 13.2, 13.4, 13.5 and 13.6
Homework:
Giancoli's 5e, Ch. 11: 5, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 21, 30, 31; Ch. 6: 39, 42, 43
Giancoli's 6e, Ch.11: 6, 7, 14, 15, 20, 23, 26, 31, 32; Ch. 6: 37, 39, 42
Walker 2e Ch. 13: 27, 29, 31, 33, 47; Ch. 6: 23, 26, 37
TEACHING RESOURCES:
- Hooke's Law
- Conservation of Energy in a Spring
- Pendulum investigations
LAB 9. Potential Energy Investigation: Spring and Gravitational
Objectives: To determine the spring constant of the spring, an evaluation of the extent to which the change in gravitational potential energy of the mass is equal to the change in the spring potential energy.
Equipment: Hooke's law apparatus, a set of masses and a meterstick.
Type of Lab: Open ended
- Simple Harmonic Motion
KEY ITEMS:
• It is important to keep the mathematical representation of simple harmonic motion connected to graphical representations and to demonstrations of real oscillating systems such as mass on spring and the simple pendulum.
• Help students identify where the maximum and minimum acceleration and
velocity occur as well as the energy changes.
AP PAST EXAMINATIONS
Simple Harmonic Motion
Multiple-Choice
84MC4,12; 88MC8,11,12,44,69; 93MC9,43; 98MC8,38,56
Free-Response
83B2, 02B2, 05 B2, 05bB2, 06B1
