In order to find out what Grandfather Frank should change to the pendulum of his clock, you are going to make a pendulum yourself. The pendulum must be sturdy, because you will use different weights. In this task you will learn the theorie about the push and pull forces and how they influence constructions.
In task 3 you will do three experiments about constructions. But first you will watch the video below.
https://www.teachengineering.org/lessons/view/wpi_lesson_1
Now you are going to do three experiments with wooden bars, big mails, clips and chains. This will help you to get practical knowledge about push and pull forces and how they influence constructions
Make sure you put the answers of all the question and some pictures in your groupslabjournal.
If you click here a PDF file with the experiment will open.