Pendulum Principles Project

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Pendulum Principles Project

• Team 2 Alabama
• Jeff Johnson
• Tommy Smith
• Victor Nichols
• Donna Ware

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Objectives
To teach the modeling process To model the
properties of a pendulum especially the period
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Activity Timeline
Day 1-2 Investigate the properties of a pendulum
through an inquiry based lab where students
collect data by hands-on experimentation with a
pendulum  
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Day 3 Basic information about the pendulum,
uses, examples, online investigation, simple
harmonic motion, research, relationships among
factors influencing pendulum motion   Day 4-5
Excel Basics Teach students how to use the
Excel spreadsheet.
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Day 6 Import data from Day 1 into Excel. Play
what-if. Examples how would this work on
another planet, graph period vs. length, other
graphs, introduce theoretical formula, calculate
percent error, etc.
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Day 7-8 Teach basics of Stella using materials
from SC2000   Day 9-10 Use model of pendulum in
Stella developed by Team 2 Wrap up discussion
and extension activities.
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Assessment Students will prepare lab reports
from their hands-on activities, analyze data and
graphs from Excel
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