Rochester

Lessons from Exhibit Group 6


Gravity Well, explore orbits and tides by rolling balls in a gravity well.

Pendulum Snake, explore the patterns of oscillation in a set of pendulums with carefully chosen lengths.

Pendulums, explore how the period of a pendulum depends on its length.

Phase Pendulum, explore resonance and phase differences, learn why the sky is blue and how light is slowed during refraction

Relative Motion Pendulum Explore motion that is the sum of two pendulum motions at right angles.

 

Scientific Explorations with Paul Doherty

© 2002

29 September 2002