Determine the spring constant by varying the mass (kg) attached to a spring and measuring the period (s), which is the time it takes for one cycle of oscillation to occur.SL
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Official IB Result
IB Grade: 7
Criteria A: Research Design
6/6
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Criteria StrandsPro
A.1Research question context
Excellent
A.2Methodological considerations for collecting data
Good
A.3Methodological considerations
Excellent
Criteria Feedback
- The student's research question is focused, measurable, and clearly connected to a specific physical system.
- The student justifies several design choices well, including the use of a motion detector, repeated trials, and a linearized relationship for analysis.
- The student's method is detailed enough that another student could follow most of it with only minor clarification needed.
- The student should define the independent variable more precisely from the start by distinguishing added mass from total oscillating mass.
- Some methodological details still need tightening, especially detector settings and the exact peak-counting convention.
- A few design justifications could be more scientifically precise, particularly the role of amplitude in SHM.
Criteria B: Data Analysis
6/6
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6
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B.1Communication of data recording and processing
Excellent
B.2Consideration of uncertainties
Good
B.3Data processing quality
Good
Criteria Feedback
- The student's tables and graph communicate the raw and processed data clearly and in an organised way.
- The student shows a sensible processing sequence from ten-cycle times to periods, then to , a gradient, and finally the spring constant.
- The student includes uncertainty handling through repeats, error bars, propagated uncertainty, and max/min trendlines.
- The uncertainty method is not always explained clearly enough for the reader to follow without inference.
- Some processing and interpretation points need tighter precision, especially the expected reference value and the treatment of systematic effects.
- A few presentation choices, such as very small error bars and a rounded value, reduce clarity slightly.
Criteria C: Conclusion
4/6
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C.1Conclusion relevance and support
Excellent
C.2Scientific context comparison
Moderate
Criteria Feedback
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Criteria D: Evaluation
5/6
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3
6
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D.1Methodological weaknesses
Good
D.2Suggested improvements
Excellent
Criteria Feedback
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