Wednesday 2 July 2014

Pendulum Predictions

So, in this particularly interesting lesson about pendulums on 12 February, we observed what happened when the length of the pendulum is systematically changed, which will then be a basis for making predictions about the motion of the pendulum!

Here is how the experiment went:

Firstly, we set up the experiment for the pendulum, a pendulum bob on a string that was clamped on to the retort stand. During the experiment, we observed the number of swings the pendulum made when the length of the pendulum of the pendulum was systematically changed at an interval of 10 centimetres apart.

Secondly, based on our observations, we had to predict the amount of swings the pendulum would make with the length of the string being changed with an interval of 5 centimetres. In addition to that, we also plotted a curve graph from our experiment results and also had to predict the amount of swings the pendulum would make.

Thirdly, we did carry out the experiment again, just that now the length of the string was systematically changed with an interval of 5 centimetres.

Out of this lad besson, we learned quite a few things. I did learn the concept that ":the greater the length of the pendulum, the longer the time taken for one oscillation.

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