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Science · Forces and Motion

Masses and Springs: Basics

Hang masses on springs and explore Hooke's Law. Choose a mode to begin.

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Start with a mode

Each mode looks at spring-mass behaviour from a different angle.

See what happens

Learning scene

Drag a mass onto a spring hook.

Stretch

Explore

Controls

Attach a mass to a spring to see it stretch to equilibrium.

MMasses and Springs: Basics

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Keyboard help

Use Tab to move between controls, then use the keys below.

TabShift + Tab

Move to the next or previous control.

EnterSpace

Press a focused button, or confirm a mass's pending target.

←→

Change a focused slider, ruler position, or a mass's pending spring target.

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Open Stretch, Bounce, or Lab directly from anywhere.

M

Return to the mode selection screen.

R

Reset the active mode.

Space

Play or pause the motion (when no control is focused).

B

Bounce the attached mass (Bounce mode only, when no control is focused).

Esc

Close a menu or dialog, or leave full screen.

Pandai Simulation

Masses and Springs: Basics

Version 0.5.4

Explore how mass and spring stiffness affect stretch and oscillation period, using Hooke's Law.

An original Pandai Phase 1 simulation built on the canonical Pandai UI shell.

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