Febuary 1999 Conservation of Mechanical Energy Objective Determine the spring constant of a spring. Calculate elastic potential energy. Calculate gravitational potential energy. Determine whether mechanical energy is conserved in an oscillating spring.
Tape masses to aparatus if the weights are loose.
Measure the distance between the golden spring to the base of the aparatus. Let go and log the measurement at which the masses reaches their lowest and highest point. Sutract this distance from the height in step 10. Log step Data from step 13. Repeat steps 6-10 for 6 trials.