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Intended for experimental study, physics laboratory work, and conducting physics experiments on: Matter and energy. A simple machine called a fixed pulley. A simple machine called a movable pulley. The force applied to a spring and the resulting elongation. Constructing a table and graph. Dynamics. Dynamic determination of the K of a helical spring, mass-spring oscillator. The period, frequency, and amplitude of a mass-spring oscillator's motion. The operation of a dynamometer, the calibration of a rubber ring and a helical spring. Difference between applied force and restoring force. Measuring weights of masses. The P versus m graph. The helical spring and Hooke's Law. The table and graph. The mathematical ratio between the applied force and the elongation. The slope of the graph and its physical interpretation. Constructing the table and graph in a spreadsheet. The function governing the intensity of the spring's elastic force in relation to the spring's elongation. Association of helical springs in series. Determination of the spring constant of helical springs in series. Association of helical springs in parallel. Determination of the spring constant of helical springs in parallel. Conservation of Energy. Work and energy in a mass-spring system. Energy exchanges that occur in an oscillating mass-spring system. Work done by a force acting on a body that causes a displacement of that body. Elastic potential energy and work done by the spring. The principle of conservation of energy and kinetic energy. Work and energy in an oscillating mass-spring system, conservation of mechanical energy. Energy exchanges that occur in an oscillating mass-spring system. Work done by the elastic force. Elastic potential energy. Work done and energy in transit. Energy cannot be generated or destroyed. Kinetic energy. Conservation of mechanical energy. Wave motion. The simple pendulum. The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum. What happens to the period when the length of the pendulum is changed. Simple harmonic motion (SHM) in a system of oscillating helical mass and spring, etc.