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Title Pendulum Lab 1: intro to pendulums (Inquiry Based)
Description This is an inquiry based lesson to help students understand basic pendulum relationships. It could be used as a homework or in-class activity. Learning Goals: Students will be able to: Design experiments to describe how variables (length, mass, angle and gravity field)affect the motion of a pendulum. Use a photogate timer to determine quantitatively how the period of a pendulum depends on the variables. Please email phethelp@colorado.edu if you are a teacher and would like a solution key.
Subject Mathematics, Physics
Level High School, Undergrad - Intro
Type Homework, Lab
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords angle, friction, length, mass, pendulum, period, phet activity
Simulation(s) Pendulum Lab (HTML5), Pendulum Lab


Author(s) Trish Loeblein
Contact Email patricia.loeblein@colorado.edu
School / Organization PhET
Date submitted 7/20/08
Date updated 9/13/17