| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
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| 3A20.00 | Springs & Oscillators | | |
| 3A20.10 | mass on a spring | PIRA 200 | A mass oscillates slowly on a large spring. |
| 3A20.10 | mass on a spring | 3A20.10 | A kg and other masses oscillate on a spring with a constant of about 30 N/m. |
| 3A20.10 | mass on a spring | Mx-3 | Mass on a spring. |
| 3A20.10 | mass on spring | Disc 08-11 | Double the mass on the same spring. Try identical springs in parallel. |
| 3A20.11 | bouncing students | AJP 49(11),1074 | Students are bounced from GM car hood springs. Examine the period with different students on board. |
| 3A20.12 | mass on a spring | TPT 14(3),174 | A shortcut method for constructing a vertical spring oscillator of predetermined period. |
| 3A20.13 | mass on a spring | TPT 16(2),114 | Use a slinky for a spring and vary k by using different numbers of turns. |
| 3A20.16 | mass on a spring | TPT 14(9),573 | A discussion of the complexities of the vertical mass on the spring in comparison to the horizontal case. |
| 3A20.20 | springs in series and parallel | PIRA 1000 | |
| 3A20.20 | springs in series and parallel | 3A20.20 | Hang a mass from a spring, 1/2 mass from two springs in series, and 2m from springs in parallel. |
| 3A20.30 | air track glider and spring | PIRA 200 | An air cart is attached to a single horizontal coil spring. |
| 3A20.30 | air track glider and spring | 3A20.30 | An air cart is attached to a single horizontal coil spring. |
| 3A20.30 | air track glider and spring | Mx-7 | Horizontal mass and single spring on the air track. |
| 3A20.31 | air track glider and spring | 11-1.13 | Four methods of determining Hooke's law with a air cart and spring. |
| 3A20.35 | air track glider between springs | PIRA 1000 | |
| 3A20.35 | air track glider between springs | 3A20.35 | |
| 3A20.35 | air track mass between springs | S-1g | A mass between two springs on an air track. |
| 3A20.35 | air track simple harmonic motion | Disc 08-12 | Place an air track glider between two springs. A video overlay overlay shows the sinusoidal path. |
| 3A20.36 | dry ice puck oscillator | 10-2.13 | A dry ice puck between two springs on a plate of glass. Projection, photocell velocity measurement, etc. |
| 3A20.40 | roller cart and spring | PIRA 1000 | |
| 3A20.40 | roller cart and spring | 3A20.40 | Attach a large horizontal compression spring to a large heavy roller cart. |
| 3A20.50 | oscillating chain | PIRA 1000 | |
| 3A20.50 | oscillating chain | 3A20.50 | Tie the ends of a short logging chain with heavy thread and suspend the thread over a pulley. |
| 3A20.50 | oscillating chain | Mz-4 | A chain suspended on both ends by a string which runs over a pulley. |
| 3A20.50 | oscillating chain | 15-7.3 | Ends of a chain are connected with string and hung over a large pulley. |
| 3A20.55 | "U" tube | Mz-5 | An open "u" tube filled with mercury. |
| 3A20.60 | ball in spherical dish | S-1h | A ball oscillates in a clear spherical dish on the overhead. |
| 3A20.65 | differences in harmonic motion | 15-1.17 | A plastic hemisphere rocking in water has a higher frequency than when rocking on a level surface. |
| 3A20.70 | diatomic molecule oscillator | 10-2.14 | Two dry ice pucks coupled with vertical hacksaw blades attached to a steel bar. |
| 3A20.90 | simple non-harmonic motion | S-7 | A light car is fastened between two springs and then between two pulleys with hanging weights. In the the second case the period in dependent on amplitude. |