Boston University Physics Applets: A Simple Pendulum

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written by Andrew Duffy

This web page is an animation of a simple pendulum consisting of a mass on a string. It displays changes in potential and kinetic energy, allowing students to observe that they are conserved.

This item is part of a collection of similar simulation-based activities for introductory physics students. See Related items below for a link to the full index of Java simulations developed by the same author to support first-semester introductory physics class instruction.

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c18_pendulum.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Newton's Second Law = Force, Acceleration General Physics - General Oscillations & Waves - Oscillations = Pendula	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2002 Andrew Duffy, Boston University
Keywords:: oscillation, pendula, pendulum, simple harmonic motion, simple harmonic oscillation
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created April 14, 2008 by Christopher Allen
Record Updated:: August 26, 2008 by Cathy Ezrailson
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 28, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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Is Part Of First Semester Introductory Physics Simulations

This is the full index of interactive Java simulations by the same author on Classical Mechanics. This particular collection is devoted to topics typically covered in a first semester introductory physics class.

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