Pendulum Lab (Bio 1A)

Project Goals :

To design and conduct an experiment to determine how the length of a string and how the weight affect the number of swings of the pendulum.

To understand how to isolate and manipulate variables.

To demonstrate an ability to organize and interpret data

You will prepare a lab report which includes the following:

1. Introduction: (Includes hypothesis and purpose)

2. Procedure (explains how you will test it, pictures can be used)

3. Data table

4. Conclusions - Make sure you use your data to answer the question. Remember you have two variables in the experiement - length and weight. Both may have differing affects on the number of swings. Its up to you to find out exactly how each variable changes the pendulum's period (swings per minute)

Gradign Rubric