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Swinging Pendulum

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in an activity which demonstrates how potential energy (PE) can be converted to kinetic energy (KE) and back again. Given a pendulum height, students calculate and predict how fast the pendulum will swing by understanding...
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Acceleration of Gravity with Pendulums

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore, analyze and study to see whether the length of a pendulum affects its period and whether the mass of a pendulum affects its period. They review and discuss a lengthy list of math definitions and experiment with tables...
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Pendulum 2

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students use math to help them discover the movement of a pendulum.
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Oscillations

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students construct and compare the actions of various pendulums. In this pendulum motion lesson, students build and test different types of pendulums. They conduct experiments with the length of the swing arm and apply mathematical...
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Strings and Springs

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore physics with springs and strings. In this force and motion instructional activity, 9th graders rotate through four stations exploring how various springs stretch and bounce, and how mass and length affect a...
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Series Solution of the Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, young scholars find the solutions to the problems that apply the time-independent Schrödinger equation. They examine the relationship between the mass and energy.
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Solving Radical Equations

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students solve radical equations.  The two page worksheet contains a combination of thirteen multiple choice and free response questions.  The answers are included.