Simple Harmonic motion

Understandings:

• The defining equation of SHM
• Energy changes

Applications and skills:

• Solving problems involving acceleration, velocity and displacement during simple harmonic motion, both graphically and algebraically
• Describing the interchange of kinetic and potential energy during simple harmonic motion
• Solving problems involving energy transfer during simple harmonic motion, both graphically and algebraically

Guidance

• Contexts for this sub-topic include the simple pendulum and a mass-spring system