(#34) Pendulums
Activity pages in this book run on little more than thread, paper clips, pennies and masking tape. Now you can teach science on less than a shoestring and your students will love it: they'll time pendulums, count cycles, measure lengths, graph data, predict frequency, calculate ratios and even discover the square root of two. Couple pendulums with a rubber band and watch the energy flow between them. Join four pendulums with a raft of heavy books and watch the complex harmonic motion draw a seashell pattern. It's science, math and art. It's all in Pendulums. It's all so simple.
(#34) PENDULUMS is part of our Self-Directing Activity Page Series. It is an 80 page soft-bound book organized into three main parts:
INTRODUCTION
* Getting It Together - Materials * Sequencing Activities * Building an
Effective Teaching Strategy * Diary of a Teacher * Long Range Objectives *
Gaining a Whole Perspective
TEACHING NOTES (20 lessons)
* Marching Pendulums * Clock Pendulums * Heavier or Longer? * Little
Swings - Big Swings * How Long Is a Pendulum? * Counting Cycles * Pendulum
Squares * Predicting Frequency * Table-Edge Graph * Graph Your Pendulums *
Paper Clip Mathematics * Chain Graph * Pendulum Pushes * Energy Transfer *
Penny Hypnosis * Square Root of Two * Half Life * Foucault's Pendulum *
Ups and Downs * Sea Shells and Such
REPRODUCIBLE LINE MASTERS
* 20 Student Activity Sheets
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(#34) PENDULUMS requires no special lab equipment or unusual supplies. Just photocopy the 20 activity sheets, gather simple materials (like paper clips, pennies, thread and tape), and you're ready to explore TOPS Learning Systems hands-on.
GRADE RANGE: 4-9
ORIGINS: written by Ron Marson / illustrated by Peg
Marson / copyrighted in 1983
by TOPS Learning Systems / ISBN 0-941008-34-7
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#34 Pendulums @ $15.00
