Part 1:

Each lab group needs:

• physics lab stand
• meter stick
• spring (with hooks)
• pendulum clamp
• slotted mass set
• computer with Microsoft Excel (or other spreadsheet application)
• Hooke's Law Worksheet, one per student

Part 2:

Each group needs a computer with Microsoft Excel and the Generating a 1-D Strain Plot Handout. The handout has instructions specifically for Excel, but if you adjust the instructions, another spreadsheet program could be used.