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Pendulum & Springs (SHM)
Why mass doesn’t matter (sometimes)
Swing a pendulum on Earth or the Moon and race it against a mass on a spring — see which period cares about mass.
Scored investigations
Playing with a simulation is not the same as earning a point. These take your own measurements from this lab into a real AP free response, graded against the rubric.
Determine g from a pendulum by linearizing the data
Unit 6 · Simple harmonic motion · Data analysis · 6 pts
Design a test that separates the pendulum from the spring
Unit 7 · Oscillations · Experimental design · 6 pts
Find which oscillator depends on mass, and explain why only one does
Unit 7 · Oscillations · Experimental design · 9 pts
Move both oscillators to the Moon and predict which one notices
Unit 7 · Oscillations · Model reasoning · 10 pts
Booting the lab…