(#01) Pendulums (Grades 8-12)
A washer swings on a thread, sweeping the face of a cereal box. This box is covered with a grid that measures length and amplitude. It is, in short, a classically simple TOPS learning system. Armed with a stopwatch and calculator, your students will graph length vs frequency into a beautiful curve; they'll stand this curve on its head by plotting the period, then straighten it back out by squaring the period. This straight line leads directly to a simple pendulum equation with powerful applications. Reinforce all this great learning with other simple things that oscillate, from bouncing springs to chains of paper clips. Math lab teachers, don't miss this one!
(#01) PENDULUMS is part of our Self-Directing Task Card Series. It is a 56 page soft-bound book organized into three main parts:
INTRODUCTION
* A TOPS Model for Effective Science Teaching * Getting Ready * Gathering
Materials * Sequencing Task Cards * Long Range Objectives * Review / Test
Questions
TEACHING NOTES (20 lessons)
* Pendulum Box * Frequency * Length vs Frequency * Period
* Length vs Period * Amplitude and Bob Weight * Boinggg!
* Extrapolate * Square It * Pendulum Equation * Chain Links (1)
* Chain Links (2) * Square Roots * Roll and Rock * Energy Bridge *
Two-Pivot Pendulum * Conservation of Energy * Energy Curve * In Orbit *
It's Refreshing
REPRODUCIBLE LINE MASTERS
* 20 Open-Ended Task Cards * Graph Paper * Pendulum Grid
* Disk with Holes
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(#01) PENDULUMS requires no lab equipment or unusual supplies. Just photocopy the 20 task cards, gather simple materials (like cereal boxes, thread, washers and pins), and you're ready to explore TOPS Learning Systems hands-on.
GRADE RANGE: 8-12
ORIGINS: written by Ron Marson / illustrated by Peg Marson
/ copyrighted in 1992
by TOPS Learning Systems / ISBN 0-941008-71-1
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#01 Pendulums @ $9.50
