Pendulum Motion: A Case Study in How History and Philosophy Can Contribute to Science Education

Matthews, Michael R.

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7654-8_2

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“…It is intrinsically connected to the birth of the science of mechanics and, e.g., to the invention of accurate clocks and many other uses. An interesting example is the invention of the pulsilogium, a simple pendulum invented by Galileo to measure objectively the human pulsation [1].…”

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“…to the invention of accurate clocks and many other uses. An interesting example is the invention of the pulsilogium, a simple pendulum invented by Galileo to measure objectively the human pulsation [1]. Its study in schools starts at early ages and is progressively developed, from simple concepts such as frequency and period to second order differential equations.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A simple pendulum studied with a low-cost wireless acquisition board

Alho¹,

Silva²,

Teodoro³

et al. 2018

Phys. Educ.

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In the field of physics teaching, the simple pendulum provides a very simple way to study the harmonic oscillator, source of some fundamental concepts like periodicity, relaxation time and anharmonicity. As such, its experimental study is frequently integrated in the high school or first years university programs. With this in mind, in this article we propose a simple setup allowing to study some of its properties. By coupling a small wireless acquisition board to an oscillating mass, the centripetal acceleration is recorded and analyzed. We show using basic calculations how this acceleration allow to extract the variation with time of its period and of the amplitude. The experimental results show that the damping of the amplitude is very well described by an exponential law. The accuracy we obtain on the period allows to show that, not only it decreases with amplitude, but that this decrease is relatively well described by standard calculation. Using wireless multipurpose acquisition board and usual spreadsheet for experimental modelling, the completion of this work, about 4 hours, offers to the student an original way to go a little beyond the classical study of the spectacular object that is the pendulum.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A simple pendulum studied with a low-cost wireless acquisition board

Alho¹,

Silva²,

Teodoro³

et al. 2018

Phys. Educ.

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“…Pendeln kan historiskt associeras med flera kända fysiker, till exempel Newton och Galileo, och har bland annat använts för att bestämma ett värde på tyngdaccelerationen eller för att påvisa jordrotationen (Matthews, 2014). I undervisningssammanhang kan pendeln kopplas till olika syften, som att lära elever att planera och utföra mätningar eller att studera relationen mellan snörets längd och pendelns periodtid (ibid).…”

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Gymnasiets laboratorionsundervisning i fysik – mellan tradition och ändrade styrdokument

Holmström

Pendrill

Reistad

et al. 2018

LUMAT

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Fysiska institutionen, Lunds universitet, Sverige Kontakt: simon.holmstrom@vaxjo.se Laborationer har lång tradition i fysikundervisningen och det finns många klassiska skolexperiment. Samtidigt påverkas laborationsundervisningen av reformer och teknikutveckling. I denna studie fick lärare på tre gymnasieskolor diskutera sin laborationsundervisning. Analysen baseras på händelselogik, där handling ses som intentionell och styrs av determinanterna: målsättning, förmåga, plikt och möjligheter. Studien ger insikt i hur olika faktorer påverkar lärares laborationsundervisning, och hur klassiska laborationer i fysikundervisningen både kan ha en given plats och utmanas av nya förutsättningar. Resultaten antyder att praxis och tradition är starkare påverkansfaktorer än styrdokument i lärares utformning av laborations-undervisningen, vilket delvis kan relateras till en avsaknad av fortbildning.

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“…As will be done in this research, repetitive motifs can also be done using a pendulum-based machine. The use of pendulums in various studies by Galileo, Huygens, Newton, and Hooke is discussed in detail in [10]. The use of pendulums in art was carried out in [11] to stimulate the creative mind.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trajectory Planning of Spherical Pendulum Pattern for Application in Creating Batik Patterns

Putri,

Ekawati,

Budi

et al. 2023

ULTIMA Computing

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Batik Pendulum is a new batik pattern created by Rumah Batik Komar using a single-string pendulum filled with wax. However, current production is still manual, so it is impossible to re-manufacture in large quantities. This research is part of a machine and software development project to produce Batik Pendulum, where this research will only focus on software development. The designed software will have a spherical pendulum trajectory planning feature through parameter changes. The spherical pendulum path was chosen because it has the same pattern as the currently produced Batik Pendulum. In planning the spherical pendulum trajectory, an algorithm that receives input in the form of parameters to produce a spherical pendulum pattern has been designed. From these inputs, it is proven that the proposed parameters can provide a variety of spherical pendulum patterns. Implementing the spherical pendulum trajectory planning in the software shows that the time required to change parameters until the output trajectory is generated is 1 – 2 seconds. So, there is no need for any feedback to the user.

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Pendulum Motion: A Case Study in How History and Philosophy Can Contribute to Science Education

Cited by 9 publications

References 60 publications

A simple pendulum studied with a low-cost wireless acquisition board

A simple pendulum studied with a low-cost wireless acquisition board

Gymnasiets laboratorionsundervisning i fysik – mellan tradition och ändrade styrdokument

Trajectory Planning of Spherical Pendulum Pattern for Application in Creating Batik Patterns

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