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Ending with Pendulums and Starting with Lava Lamps!

We are in a very exciting time in science right now!  Students just completed chapter 1 and are wrapping up the unit with an experiment with pendulums!  We found a very interesting video all about pendulums and I want to share it here: Pendulum Wave Video Students are testing what changes the number of times … Continue reading Ending with Pendulums and Starting with Lava Lamps!

Pendulums

                                                                                                                                                   We have been learning about and testing pendulums in our class this week. Check out this article and video about a very famous pendulum. Think about and share your ideas about this question:  How does this pendulum prove that the Earth rotates? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/10317223/What-is-Foucaults-Pendulum.html