Hello all,
Since we have started the A2 part of the course we have been talking about how we model real life phenomena using mathematics. We have looking into what a simple harmonic ossilator is, resonance and damping. Here are a few resources to allow you to go into more depth:
SHM
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A-level_Physics_(Advancing_Physics)/Simple_Harmonic_Motion
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A-level_Physics_(Advancing_Physics)/Energy_in_Simple_Harmonic_Motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtyRt0CSSw
Resonance
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A-level_Physics_(Advancing_Physics)/Resonance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE827gwnnk4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urYWaHfel6g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXyG68_caV4
Damping
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A-level_Physics_(Advancing_Physics)/Damping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O6ZV2xgqhM