This document outlines a high school physics unit on rotations and oscillations that covers circular motion, pendulums, and spring-mass oscillators. The unit explores key concepts for each topic such as period, frequency, amplitude, energy, and free-body diagrams or graphs.

1. Periodicity
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High school physics: a
unit on rotations and
oscillations
by Christopher Allen

2. Spring-Mass
Circular Motion Pendulums
Oscillators
• Centripetal • Period • Period
Acceleration • Frequency • Frequency
• Free-Body • Amplitude • Amplitude
Diagrams • Energy • Energy
• Centripetal • Graphs • Graphs
Force
• Tangential
Velocity