Simple Harmonic Motion

Simple Harmonic Motion

How you would know if something is a Simple Harmonic Moition (SHM) is that the object will be hung from some type of string and will be swinging back and forth or it can also be swinging up or down. It's like a pendulum the pendulum swings back and forth.

Examples of SHM that I see everyday (well mostly)

A swing from a park
The swing goes back and forth whenever your apply force to it

Metronomes to keep a steady beat for musicians, the ones people use to play piano. 

And finally one last example I see of Simple Harmonic Motion is magic. Magicians use it to hypnotize people in some other way or they use it in there little magic schemes.