Activities

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- 14 Pendulum Periods demo.doc
Alignment
- Standards Alignment
- Textbook Alignment
Subject Area
- Science: Physics: Dynamics
Author

Gordon R. Haueter
Level

9-12
College
Activity Time

45 Minutes
Device
- TI-83 Plus Family
- TI-84 Plus
- TI-84 Plus Silver Edition
Applications
- DataMate
Accessories

Sensor - Light
Other Materials
- LabPro or CBL 2 interface
- Bowling ball pendulum
- TI Graphing Calculator
- Softball pendulum
- TI Light Sensor
- Golf ball pendulum
- Datamate™ program
- Tape measure
- Protractor
- Graphical Analysis (optional) or graph paper
- Low power laser
- Tripod
- Pendulum clamp
- Caliper
- Scale
- Ring stand
- Test tube clamp
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Pendulum Periods Demonstration

This is a classroom demonstration version of Lab 14 from Vernier "Physics with Calculators"

Discuss Objectives:

Do you think that the period of a pendulum will depend on the amplitude of the swing?

Will the period depend on the mass? If so, under what conditions?

Do you think the length of the pendulum will effect the period?

See the attached Word .doc

Review student results:

As a class, discuss questions that appeared to be more challenging

Re-teach concepts as necessary