Conservation of Energy: Free Fall, Springs, and Pendulums

Explore how energy is conserved and transformed in systems involving free fall, springs, and pendulums.

Next Generation Science Standards · High School

HS-PS3-2Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motions of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative positions of particles (objects).

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Conservation of Energy: Free Fall, Springs, and Pendulums

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