Pendulum Clock

Mr. Chiang never fails to delight! The Pendulum Clock exhibit was a highlight of Family Math Night!

Find out more about Pendulum Waves!

It might be long, but it's an entertaining lecture about pendulums from the famed physics professor Walter Lewin

Try this at home!

Pendulum LabPlay with one or two pendulums and discover how the period of a simple pendulum depends on the length of the string, the mass of the pendulum bob, and the amplitude of the swing. It's easy to measure the period using the photogate timer. You can vary friction and the strength of gravity. Use the pendulum to find the value of g on planet X. Notice the anharmonic behavior at large amplitude.

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