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written by Eugenia Etkina
supported by the National Science Foundation
This video-based experiment employs a pendulum to promote understanding of conservation of mechanical energy. Students explore qualitative ideas in the first video, then expand those ideas through analysis of a second, longer video of a stopped pendulum system. Each video includes learning goal and post-experiment questions.

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Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Motion in Two Dimensions
= 2D Acceleration
- Newton's Second Law
= Force, Acceleration
- Work and Energy
= Conservation of Energy
Education Foundations
- Cognition
= Cognition Development
- Learning Theory
= Cognitive Apprenticeship
General Physics
- History
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
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Keywords:
2D motion, Galileo, ISLE, Investigative Science Learning Environment, history of science, kinetic energy, pendulum, physics videos, video clips
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Metadata instance created November 18, 2011 by Caroline Hall
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August 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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September 19, 2008
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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

4. The Physical Setting

4F. Motion
  • 3-5: 4F/E1a. Changes in speed or direction of motion are caused by forces.
  • 6-8: 4F/M3a. An unbalanced force acting on an object changes its speed or direction of motion, or both.
  • 6-8: 4F/M3b. If a force acts towards a single center, the object's path may curve into an orbit around the center.
  • 9-12: 4F/H1. The change in motion (direction or speed) of an object is proportional to the applied force and inversely proportional to the mass.
  • 9-12: 4F/H8. Any object maintains a constant speed and direction of motion unless an unbalanced outside force acts on it.

12. Habits of Mind

12C. Manipulation and Observation
  • 6-8: 12C/M3. Make accurate measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature by using appropriate devices.
  • 6-8: 12C/M5. Analyze simple mechanical devices and describe what the various parts are for; estimate what the effect of making a change in one part of a device would have on the device as a whole.
12D. Communication Skills
  • 6-8: 12D/M8. Explain a scientific idea to someone else, checking understanding and responding to questions.
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E. Etkina, (2006), WWW Document, (http://islephysics.net/pt3/experimentindex.php?topicid=4&cycleid=59).
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E. Etkina, Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycle on Energy (2006), <http://islephysics.net/pt3/experimentindex.php?topicid=4&cycleid=59>.
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Etkina, E. (2008, September 19). Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycle on Energy. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from http://islephysics.net/pt3/experimentindex.php?topicid=4&cycleid=59
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Etkina, Eugenia. Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycle on Energy. September 19, 2008. http://islephysics.net/pt3/experimentindex.php?topicid=4&cycleid=59 (accessed 19 March 2024).
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Etkina, Eugenia. Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycle on Energy. 2006. 19 Sep. 2008. National Science Foundation. 19 Mar. 2024 <http://islephysics.net/pt3/experimentindex.php?topicid=4&cycleid=59>.
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Same topic as Galileo, or Stopped, Pendulum

This resource describes the classic 17th Century "Stopped Pendulum" experiment. It includes an excerpt from Galileo's "Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences" describing the experiment.

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