Spreadsheets as dynamical modelling tools in investigations at GCSE and beyond
Abstract
A numerical model of a simple harmonic oscillator is presented and its implementation on a spreadsheet demonstrated. The usefulness of such techniques in modelling at the higher levels of National Curriculum Science Attainment Target 1 and Technology Attainment Target 5 is discussed. An extension of the simple model appropriate for investigation at A-level is given.
- Publication:
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Physics Education
- Pub Date:
- March 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0031-9120/30/2/007
- Bibcode:
- 1995PhyEd..30...89C