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• Pendulum
• 55 min
• Secondary (ages 15–16)
• English

Pendulum: how length affects the period

Lower-secondary (4 ESO) activity that uses the Pendulum remote lab to measure real periods and decide how the period changes when the pendulum is made shorter or longer.

• Tell apart period, oscillation, amplitude, length, and the variables of an investigation.
• Use the Pendulum remote lab to measure the period of a standard pendulum and a short pendulum at the same initial angle.

Includes student questions and response prompts.

• Pendulum
• 70 min
• Secondary (ages 16–17)
• English

Pendulum: model, T², and effective length

Upper-secondary (1º Bachillerato) activity that uses the Pendulum remote lab to measure periods, linearise with T², and discuss how far the ideal model fits.

• Measure periods from the Pendulum remote lab while keeping the initial angle constant.
• Calculate T² from the mean period and use it to analyse the relationship with effective length.

Includes student questions and response prompts.

• Pendulum
• 55 min
• High school physics / upper secondary
• English

Pendulum: what controls the period?

Advanced inquiry in which students use the Pendulum remote lab to test whether initial angle or pendulum configuration (including soda-can positions) has the larger effect on period.

• Use the Pendulum remote lab to collect angle-time evidence from the lab or teacher-provided reference data.
• Estimate pendulum period from repeated cycles or same-direction crossings.

Includes student questions and response prompts.

• Pendulum
• 23 min
• Upper primary / early secondary, ages 9–13
• English

Which pendulum swings faster?

Count and time two real pendulums to find out whether the shorter one completes its swings sooner.

• Recognize one complete swing as a journey out and back.
• Compare the time for the same number of swings in two pendulum configurations.

Includes student questions and response prompts.