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    This lab document outlines an experiment to determine the spring constant of a spring using two methods: stationary masses and oscillating mass. Students will collect position vs. time data using a motion detector and analyze it graphically and mathematically. They will calculate spring constants from the slope of force vs. extension graphs and the oscillation method equation. Students will compare the spring constants and calculate percent error. They will also qualitatively and quantitatively analyze sources of error and uncertainty in the experiment.

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    This lab document outlines an experiment to determine the spring constant of a spring using two methods: stationary masses and oscillating mass. Students will collect position vs. time data using a motion detector and analyze it graphically and mathematically. They will calculate spring constants from the slope of force vs. extension graphs and the oscillation method equation. Students will compare the spring constants and calculate percent error. They will also qualitatively and quantitatively analyze sources of error and uncertainty in the experiment.

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    (Your Name and Names of Collaborators) Lab: Simple Harmonic Motion of A Mass On A Spring Learning Objective

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    [Yournameandnamesofcollaborators]

    Lab:SimpleHarmonicMotionofaMassonaSpring

    LearningObjective:
    Predictwhichpropertiesdeterminethemotionofasimpleharmonicoscillatorandwhatthe
    dependenceofthemotionisonthoseproperties.[LO3.B.3.1,SP6.4,SP7.2]
    Designaplanandcollectdatainordertoascertainthecharacteristicsofthemotionofasystem
    undergoingoscillatorymotioncausedbyarestoringforce.[LO3.B.3.2,SP4.2]
    Analyzedatatoidentifyqualitativeorquantitativerelationshipsbetweengivenvaluesandvariables
    (i.e.,force,displacement,acceleration,velocity,periodofmotion,frequency,springconstant,string
    length,mass)associatedwithobjectsinoscillatorymotiontousethatdatatodeterminethevalueofan
    unknown.[LO3.B.3.3,SP2.2,SP5.1]
    Constructaqualitativeand/oraquantitativeexplanationofoscillatorybehaviorgivenevidenceofa
    restoringforce.[LO3.B.3.4,SP2.2,SP6.2]

    Materials:
    springwithvariable
    mass
    ,timer,ruler,triplebeambalance

    Purpose
    Determinethespringconstantofaspringusingtwodifferentmethods:stationarymassesandoscillatingmass.
    Qualitativelyandquantitativelydescribethesimpleharmonicmotionofamassonaspringusingmathematical
    andgraphicaldataanalysis.

    Assumptions(hypotheses)

    inwhichTisperiodinseconds,mismassinkg,andkisspringconstant(sometimesreferredtoasforce
    constantorproportionalityconstant)
    Systemisfrictionless.Springismassless.Amplitude(displacements)arerelativelysmall.

    Procedure
    Stateexactlywhatyouaredoing,whattoolsyouareusing,and
    why
    youaredoingitincompletesentences
    fromthe3rdpersonperspective.Explicitlystatethecontrolandvariablesineachexperiment.

    Data
    Labeledtables,includeunitsincolumnheaders.

    Analysis
    MATHEMATICAL:Includecalculationforspringconstantfromstationarymassexperiment.
    Includecalculationforspringconstantfromoscillatingmassexperiment.
    Includepercenterrorcalculationbetweenstationaryandoscillatingmassderivedspringconstants.
    GRAPHICAL:Includegraphwithaslopethatrepresentsthespringconstantfromthestationarymass
    experiment.Includegraphwithaslopethatrepresentsthespringconstantfromtheoscillatingmass
    experiment.Includegraphofpositionv.timefrommotiondetector.
    Includepercenterrorbetweengraphicallyderivedspringconstants.

    Conclusion
    Constructaqualitativeand/oraquantitativeexplanationofoscillatorybehaviorgivenevidenceofarestoring
    force.Inordertodososuccessfully,apply
    explicit
    mathematicalandgraphicalanalysis.Whatisthe
    relationshipbetweenFandx?betweenTandm?Basedonmotiondetectorgraph,describechangesin
    position,velocity,andaccelerationoverasinglecycle.Relatethesechangestotheenergytransformationsof
    thesystem.
    Ex.Thevelocityofthesystemisatamaximumwhenthemassisatitsequilibriumposition.
    Therefore,kineticenergyisatamaximumandelasticpotentialenergyisataminimum.Gravitationalpotential
    energyisat....

    SourcesofUncertainty(error)
    Includequantitativeandqualitativeerroranalysistocomparethekconstants.Defineandexplaintheaccuracy
    andprecisionoftheprocedure,datacollection,andwaystoimprovethesethings.Avoidblanketstatements
    suchashumanerror.IFforsomereasonyouabsolutelymustaddressyoursystematicerrors,explicitlystate
    howyourincompetenceaffectedyourdatacollectionandyourresults.Forexample,showhowovermeasuring
    distancedecreasedyourtheoreticalmass,thusincreasingyourpercenterror.Itisencouragedtoaddress
    systematicerrorsofthelabsetup,theequipment,andtheassumptions.Forexample,inaconservationof
    energylab,itwouldbewisetoaddressthelossofenergyasthermalenergy.Itisencouragedtoaddressand
    definerandomerror.ReferencethisdocumentfromCollegeBoardinordertomakethesedistinctionsbetween
    typesoferrorandtobecomeabetterhumanbeing:
    http://goo.gl/5WSVID

    Reminder:
    Copying,changingthewordingof,orparaphrasinganotherpersonsworkwithoutcitingsourcesisconsidered
    plagiarismandisstrictlyprohibited.

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