Periodic Motion: Mass and Spring

Experimentally determine the physical properties of a hanging mass and spring system that affect its period of oscillation.

Grade Level: Advanced Placement • High School

Subject: Physics

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Standards Correlations

IB^® Topics	AP^® Topics
4.1	3.B.3.1; 3.B.3.2; 3.B.3.3; 3.B.3.4

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