Simple Harmonic Motion

talljerome, Ronan Downes, 27 août 2020

Created to help students form visual connections with simple harmonic motion equations. Intended for a Trigonometry/PreCalculus class. Could be of interest to Physics teachers and students, but focuses on position. Sorry, no velocity or acceleration vectors.


  • 1. Simple Harmonic Motion - Ferris Wheel
  • 2. Simple Harmonic Motion - Pendulum
  • 3. Simple Harmonic Motion - Piston
  • 4. Simple Harmonic Motion - Mass on a Spring
  • 5. Simple Harmonic Motion - Skyscraper

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Simple Harmonic Motion - Ferris Wheel

Simple Harmonic Motion as displayed through the motion of a Ferris wheel
Simple Harmonic Motion - Ferris Wheel
Before tinkering with the Geogebra features, study the image and speculate on what each of the sliders represents.[br][br]Adjust each slider to see if you speculated correctly.[br][br]Click the Start button and envision what the graph would look like for the height of point P as a function of time.[br][br]Click on the "graph" toggle and compare to what you expected.
– talljerome

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