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This animated Shockwave activity explores pendulum motion by displaying the patterns traced by the tip of an ideal pendulum. Swing it back and forth from different heights and change the length of the string. But now it gets more complicated: the user can jump to another planet to see how changing gravity affects the motion of the pendulum. Students will also explore why the pendulum traces out a flower-shaped pattern rather than a straight line. (This occurs because of Earth's rotation -- making it seem as though the pendulum is turning when, actually, the earth is turning.) The simulation can change the rate of planetary rotation to show what the pattern would look like on a fast or slow-spinning planet. The game ends by putting all four variables together.
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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)4. The Physical Setting
4B. The Earth
4G. Forces of Nature
This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: Periodic and Simple Harmonic Motion
Unit Title: Simple Harmonic Motion The amount of time it takes a pendulum to swing back and forth stays the same when you change its weight. But what if you took the pendulum to another planet? This animation lets students interactively explore pendulum length, the force of gravity, and rotation of the planet to see how they affect the motion of the pendulum. Link to Unit:
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=10409">WGBH Educational Foundation. PBS Learning Media: Virtual Pendulum. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, September 30, 2010.</a>
AIP Format
(WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2004), WWW Document, (https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.zpendulumint/virtual-pendulum/).
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PBS Learning Media: Virtual Pendulum (WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2004), <https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.zpendulumint/virtual-pendulum/>.
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PBS Learning Media: Virtual Pendulum. (2010, September 30). Retrieved November 6, 2024, from WGBH Educational Foundation: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.zpendulumint/virtual-pendulum/
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WGBH Educational Foundation. PBS Learning Media: Virtual Pendulum. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, September 30, 2010. https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.zpendulumint/virtual-pendulum/ (accessed 6 November 2024).
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PBS Learning Media: Virtual Pendulum. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2004. 30 Sep. 2010. 6 Nov. 2024 <https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.zpendulumint/virtual-pendulum/>.
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@misc{
Title = {PBS Learning Media: Virtual Pendulum},
Publisher = {WGBH Educational Foundation},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {6 November 2024},
Month = {September 30, 2010},
Year = {2004}
}
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