I hope you had a good weekend. As mentioned previously, on Friday the Mystery Classes will finally reveal their locations. Everybody did a great job on this project. While I will be in the building, I will be busy with administrative responsibilities on Monday for periods 2-3. Mr. Krause will substitute. We will spend several days this week experimenting with the motion of pendulums and the variables that affect their periods. At this point, there is only one homework assigned for this week as seen below:
DUE Thursday, May 7: As you've probably studied before, gravity varies from planet to planet. Answer these questions in complete sentences:
- Here is a question: What effect does gravity have on the period of a pendulum? In other words, does increasing gravity speed up or slow down a pendulum?
- Let's assume you transport the same pendulum from planet to planet. Make a list of all nine planets (yes, Pluto we are including you) in order by fastest period (=#1) to slowest period (=#9).
- On which planet would a playground swing the fastest? The slowest?
-Mr. Pfiester
