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Unit: Simple harmonic motion

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Introduction to simple harmonic motion

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Intuition about simple harmonic oscillators
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Definition of amplitude and period
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Equation for simple harmonic oscillators
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Introduction to simple harmonic motion review
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Practice
Simple harmonic motion: Finding frequency and period from graphsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Simple harmonic motion: Finding speed, velocity, and displacement from graphsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

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Simple harmonic motion in spring-mass systems

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Period dependence for mass on spring
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Simple harmonic motion in spring-mass systems review
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Spring-mass systems: Calculating frequency, period, mass, and spring constantGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Analyzing graphs of spring-mass systemsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Simple pendulums

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Pendulums
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Simple pendulum review
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Period and frequency of simple pendulumsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

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Energy in simple harmonic oscillators

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Energy graphs for simple harmonic motion
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Energy of simple harmonic oscillator review
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Analyzing energy for a simple harmonic oscillator from graphsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Analyzing energy for a simple harmonic oscillator from data tablesGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

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About this unit

Harmonic motion is a special class of oscillatory motion. In this unit, we'll see how we can model and deal with this type of phenomena.