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Investigating Pendulums: Calculating the Effect of Mass, Length, and Angular Displacement on Period

Investigating Pendulums: Calculating the Effect of Mass, Length, and Angular Displacement on Period

This physics lab activity is an introduction to Simple Harmonic Motion, utilizing the variables of mass, length, and angular displacement to determine their effect on period. Acceleration of gravity is calculated and the results of manual data collection and Vernier LabPro data collection are compared.

Keywords:
Pendulum Motion, Physical Science, Cooperative Learning, NSDL, Education, Physics
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Material Type:
Assessment Tool
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
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Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed
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Website
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Language:
English
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No
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States

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