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