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Foucalt’s Pendulum

Name: Foucalt's Pendulum
SKU: HJ6120
Price: 24.95 AUD
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Create patterns in the sand

Make pretty pictures in the sand as the pendulum bob swings back and forth.
Try experimenting with the angle of release to create strange patterns based on harmonics! We’ve got ours next to the water cooler 🙂

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HJ6120

Description

The Foucalt’s Pendulum is part of a range of science toys, kits & teaching aids for teaching about forces for schools and in the home. Use for engaging science at home or in the classroom!

Teaching ideas with a Foucault’s Pendulum

Learn about the history of Foucault’s pendulum. This device helped prove that the earth rotates!
Check out Foucault Pendulums in museums around the world. They often have dominoes set up around the pendulum base to show the Earth’s rotation visually. The one pictured below is from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Document the patterns in the sand that the pendulum makes.
Learn more about the harmonics of swinging pendulums
Discuss how a swinging chandelier helped Galileo understand that the length of the string affects the speed of a pendulum’s swing.
Run Piaget’s pendulum experiment with your students.

Additional information

Weight	830 g
Dimensions	33 × 21 × 9 cm

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