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This free animated tutorial features a simple pendulum attached to a pivot point by a string. As the pendulum swings, energy bar graphs of changing kinetic and potential energy are displayed alongside. This resource, part of The Physics Classroom website, is intended to help students visualize mechanical energy conservation as they investigate why the tension force does no work on the pendulum.
Editor's Note: The motion of a simple pendulum is a classic example of mechanical energy conservation. This short tutorial would be appropriate for both middle school physical science and as a review in a high school conceptual physics course.
This resource is part of 3 Physics Front Topical Units.
Topic: Conservation of Energy
Unit Title: Conservation of Energy The motion of a pendulum is a classic example of mechanical energy conservation. In this animated tutorial, energy bar graphs depict the changing ratios of kinetic-to-potential energy as the pendulum swings. Link to Unit:
Topic: Conservation of Energy
Unit Title: Energy Transformation The motion of a pendulum is a classic example of mechanical energy conservation. In this tutorial, energy bar graphs depict the changing ratios of kinetic-to-potential energy as the pendulum swings. This resource provides great content support for the "Pendulum Energy Model", found above in Teaching About Energy. Links to Units:
Topic: Conservation of Energy
Unit Title: Energy Transformation The motion of a pendulum is a classic example of mechanical energy conservation. In this animated tutorial, energy bar graphs depict the changing ratios of kinetic-to-potential energy as the pendulum swings. Link to Unit:
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=6176">Henderson, Tom. The Physics Classroom: Energy Transformation for a Pendulum. November 6, 2006.</a>
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T. Henderson, (2004), WWW Document, (https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/energy/pe.cfm).
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T. Henderson, The Physics Classroom: Energy Transformation for a Pendulum (2004), <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/energy/pe.cfm>.
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Henderson, T. (2006, November 6). The Physics Classroom: Energy Transformation for a Pendulum. Retrieved December 9, 2024, from https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/energy/pe.cfm
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Henderson, Tom. The Physics Classroom: Energy Transformation for a Pendulum. November 6, 2006. https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/energy/pe.cfm (accessed 9 December 2024).
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Henderson, Tom. The Physics Classroom: Energy Transformation for a Pendulum. 2004. 6 Nov. 2006. 9 Dec. 2024 <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/energy/pe.cfm>.
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Author = "Tom Henderson",
Title = {The Physics Classroom: Energy Transformation for a Pendulum},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {9 December 2024},
Month = {November 6, 2006},
Year = {2004}
}
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