Purposes, General for all Labs:
To become familiar with swinging pendulums.
To understand terminology related
to swinging pendulums.
To understand variables associated
with swinging pendulums
To determine significant differences
in swinging pendulum set-ups.
One specific to each lab written by
student
Hypothesis:
#1-What percent of change is
significant?
#2-How will string length affect the period?
#3-How will arc affect the period?
#4-To be determined by the student
Materials:
Ring stand
Strings
Large Paper clips
Washers
Protractor
Stopwatch
Metric Ruler
Sketch:
Draw the swinging pendulum set-up
Label the following: string length,
arc, and mass
Draw an arrow to indicate one period
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