Hooke's Law
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Topics
- Springs
- Force
- Potential Energy
- Hooke's Law
- Vectors
- Spring Constant
Description
Stretch and compress springs to explore the relationships between force, spring constant, displacement, and potential energy! Investigate what happens when two springs are connected in series and parallel.
Sample Learning Goals
- Explain the relationships between applied force, spring force, spring constant, displacement, and potential energy.
- Describe how connecting two springs in series or parallel affects the effective spring constant and the spring forces.
- Predict how the potential energy stored in the spring changes as the spring constant and displacement change.
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics | Jaya Ramchandani | HS | Other | Physics | ||
| Hooke's Law investigation including multi-spring systems and Energy | Andrew Ford | HS | Lab HW |
Physics | ||
| Hooke's Law | SK Gupta, Chaithra Navada, Sanjana Acharya | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Hooke's Law | SK Gupta, Chaithra Navada, Sanjana Acharya, Vaibhav Gupta | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Dynamics (Gr11) Unit End Exploration | John Mohr | UG-Intro HS |
Demo Guided HW |
Physics | ||
| Hooke's Law inquiry lab | Patrick Kaplo | HS | Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
| Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5 |
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Diana López | K-5 HS UG-Adv Grad MS UG-Intro |
Discuss HW |
Mathematics Astronomy Chemistry Physics |
| De wet van Hooke, flipping the classroom | Dries Boncquet | HS | Other Guided HW |
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| energi Potensial Pegas | Putut Hartono | MS | Demo | Physics | ||
| LKS HUKUM HOOKE | nur zuniasih | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| LKS HUKUM HOOKE | saptiwi rohayati | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| HUKUM HOOKE | erma yanti | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| La legge di Hooke | Luca Allegranti | MS | Guided | Physics | ||
| Mecânica (Atividades) nos OA's do PhET | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | UG-Intro Grad MS Other HS |
HW Lab Other Guided Discuss Demo |
Earth Science Physics Other |
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| Lei de Hooke e Força Elástica no "Hooke's Law (HTML5)" | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | HS Other |
HW Guided Other |
Physics Mathematics Earth Science Other |
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| Energía Potencial Elástica. | Mario Platero | UG-Intro | HW Lab |
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The new HTML5 sims can run on iPads and Chromebooks, as well as PC, Mac, and Linux systems.
iPad:
iOS 11+ Safari
iPad compatible sims
Android:
Not officially supported. If you are using the HTML5 sims on Android, we recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome.
Chromebook:
Latest version of Google Chrome
The HTML5 and Flash PhET sims are supported on all Chromebooks.
Chromebook compatible sims
Windows Systems:
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11, latest version of Firefox, latest version of Google Chrome.
Macintosh Systems:
macOS 10.9.5+, Safari 9+, latest version of Chrome.
Linux Systems:
Not officially supported. Please contact phethelp@colorado.edu with troubleshooting issues.
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