Figure 1: Materials used for lab set-up. Straight spring (left) which should be measured on a triple-beam balance, PASCO wireless motion sensor (middle), and (mountable) clamp stand (right). You will also need weights (not shown here).
Figure 2: Once the materials have been initially set-up, use a plumb-bob to align the spring directly over the PASCO wireless motion sensor (left). Then, suspend hanger from bottom of spring (right) for masses to be added to.
Figure 3: Example of experiment measurement 1 and linear fit to data. Using a calculation of mass * gravity and manually sampling data from sensor to record the change in the distance from the hanger to the sensor. Here, x-variable is distance and y-variable is gravitational force, so the slope should be the spring constant using F_g = -kx.
