Pendulum+Lab+Follow+Up+Activity

=Pendulum Lab: Discussion Questions=

Part A: Choose at least 3 of the following questions to answer in a discussion with your group. Each person should respond to each question you choose.

 Part B: Choose one of the questions you discussed. Individually, write a constructed response to this question. You have 5-10 minutes to write. Your response needs at least 3 sentences. media type="custom" key="4264539"
 * 1) At your table, show your data table to others. Explain your rationale in developing your data table.
 * 2) What is one problem you solved during data collection? How did that affect your results?
 * 3) Did you use multiple trials during this procedure? What are advantages of multiple trials? Were they necessary to answer this question?
 * 4) How did you decide how long to run your trials (how long to let the pendulum swing)? What factors did you consider? Did you notice an effect of different times?
 * 5) What did you do to stop your base from moving? How do you think that affected your results?
 * 6) How did you count swings? How did you know that you followed the same process each time?
 * 7) How did you keep all the variables the same each time except for your independent variable? Why was that necessary?
 * 8) How did you measure mass? Did you include the string?
 * 9) How did you measure string length? Did you include the mass’s length?
 * 10) What calculations did you do? Were they helpful?