Pendulum

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– explain the theory of the simple gravity pendulum and the physical pendulum
– describe the movement of a simple pendulum
– state the changes in the force which cause a pendulum to oscillate
– explain on what quantities the period of a simple and a physical pendulum depend
– determine the gravitational acceleration given the T(L) measurement for a ball pendulum
– describe the concept of a Foucault pendulum.