Hooke's Law and Elastic Potential Energy

As the spring cart launcher is loaded, a force sensor and a motion sensor are used to measure the spring constant and the amount of potential energy stored in the compressed spring. Then cart is launched and its final kinetic energy is measured and compared to the stored energy in the spring.

Grade Level: College

Subject: Physics

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Featured Equipment

PASPORT High Resolution Force Sensor

The PASPORT High Resolution Force Sensor is designed to make very high resolution measurements of pulling and pushing forces.

PASPORT Motion Sensor

The PASPORT Motion Sensor accurately measures the position, velocity, and acceleration of a target. It can be used to track the motion of balls, carts, people, and more.

Spring Cart Launcher

Launch carts in a repeatable fashion.

Basic PAScar PAStrack System

The Basic PAScar PAStrack System includes plastic PAScar carts and a plastic PAStrack dynamics track. The accessories package is not included.

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