Demonstration: Buildings in earthquake zones need to be designed with modes of vibration and resonance in mind.

Practical Activity 14-16

Class practical: The experiment involves isolating and controlling one variable at a time, taking measurements carefully and...

Practical Activity 14-16

Class practical: This develops the idea of frequency, and explores accuracy of measurement.

Practical Activity 14-16

Class practical: A circus of experiments involving repetitive events, to introduce the concept of oscillation.

Practical Activity 14-16

Students investigate factors affecting the oscillation time for a simple pendulum.

Practical Activity 14-16

Class practical: This circus of qualitative experiments provides an introductory look at simple harmonic motion.

Practical Activity 14-16

Demonstration and Class practical: To demonstrate S.H.M. of a mass on a spring and gather accurate data using a datalogger.

Practical Activity 14-16

Demonstration: A mass suspended on a spring will oscillate after being displaced. The period of oscillation is affected by the...

Practical Activity 14-16

Demonstration: A demonstration experiment that makes a time trace of the oscillation and illustrates damping.

Practical Activity 14-16

During each cycle of its oscillation the driver transfers some energy to the driven oscillator. Some of this energy may be...

Teaching Guidance 14-16

Isochronous oscillators, from the pendulum to the precise oscillations of a caesium atoms in an atomic clock, have an obvious...

Teaching Guidance 14-16

This episode allows you to familiarise your students with the main features of simple harmonic motion (SHM), before going on...

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