Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycle on Energy

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written by Eugenia Etkina
supported by the National Science Foundation

This video-based experiment employs a classic Galileo's 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 that recreates Galileo's "Pin and Pendulum" experiment. Each video includes learning goal and post-experiment questions. The instructional method of this experiment is based on cognitive apprenticeship, in which students focus on science process by observing, finding patterns, modeling, predicting, testing, and revising. The materials were designed to mirror the activities of scientists when they construct and apply knowledge.

See Related Materials for a link to background information on Galileo's historic pendulum experiment, which includes notes from his "Dialogues" treatise.

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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

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Activity - Laboratory - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

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Restriction:: © 2006 Rutgers University
Keywords:: 2D motion, Galileo, ISLE, Investigative Science Learning Environment, history of science, kinetic energy, pendulum, physics videos, video clips
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created November 18, 2011 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: 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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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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Is Part Of Rutgers Physics Teaching Technology Resource

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