How does the Elastic get the Potential Energy?
by David Gleeson
Students physically manipulate a couple of springs and then collect data from a spring force Phet simulator, graph the data, calculate the area under the curve of their linear line and then, hopefully, derive the equation for Elastic Potential Energy.
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HHW-r-I83lRStygXjpuyOaAWKfyJEtAT5KkSkuf…Related Content
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