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We introduce several basic, but substantial, approaches to modeling the motion of a spring mass system using a standard second order, linear, constant coefficient differential equation obtained from Newton's Second Law of Motion and a Free Body Diagram. We do this using a set of data collected from an oscillating mass on a spring in a home office setting using off the shelf motion detection device. Estimating parameters in the models is emphasized with validation rendered by comparing model prediction and data.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Brian Winkel (2017), "3-002-S-ModelsMotivatingSecondOrder," https://simiode.org/resources/3427.

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1. conjecture
2. data
3. Hooke's Law
4. parameter
5. shape
6. spring