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The purpose of this experiment is to see what factors affect the period of one complete oscillation of a simple pendulum.
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SCIENCE COURSEWORK
PENDULUM EXPERIMENT
Aim
The purpose of this experiment is to see what factors affect the period of one complete oscillation of a simple pendulum.
In this investigation I am going to discover and investigate the factors, which affect the time for one complete oscillation of a simple pendulum. It is important to understand what a pendulum is. A pendulum has a weight or mass fixed and left hanging of the string. An oscillation is one cycle of the pendulums motion e.g. from position a to b and back to a. I will time how long it takes for one oscillation of the pendulum.
I am going to do a simple preliminary experiment to investigate which of the factors I test have an effect on the time for one complete oscillation. The factors basic variable factors I can test are:
? Length (the distance between the point of suspension and the mass)
? Mass (the weight in g of the item suspended from the fixed point)
? Swing size (the length I release the pendulum)
*The point of equilibrium is the point at which kinetic energy (KE)
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