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Jim Nelson and
Jane Nelson
This lab activity has students create a pendulum with a one second period. Students must explore the importance of physical properties, such as length of the string and mass of the bob, to determine what they affect the period.
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One Minute TimerThis powerpoint display gives a one minute count-down by seconds. It can be used with the One Second Timer laboratory to help students design their pendula. download 136kb .ppt Rights: This document has no restrictions provided copyright information is retained. Published: March 17, 2005
Pendula on ParadeThis activity uses the concepts learned in the One Second Timer lab to stimulate class discussion of the period of pendula. It is a part of a PTRA manual on… more... download 53kb .pdf download 34kb .doc Rights: This document has no restrictions provided copyright information is retained. Published: March 17, 2005
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Nelson, J., & Nelson, J. (2005, March 17). Making a One Second Timer. Retrieved May 23, 2013, from http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2151&DocID=8
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Nelson, Jim, and Jane Nelson. Making a One Second Timer. March 17, 2005. http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2151&DocID=8 (accessed 23 May 2013).
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Nelson, Jim, and Jane Nelson. Making a One Second Timer. 2004. 17 Mar. 2005. 23 May 2013 <http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2151&DocID=8>.
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Author = "Jim Nelson and Jane Nelson",
Title = {Making a One Second Timer},
Volume = {2013},
Number = {23 May 2013},
Month = {March 17, 2005},
Year = {2004}
}
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