This collection of student activities contains problems dealing with waves and oscillations. Specific topics include masses on springs, pendulums, sound, and waves on a string. The activities include pictures and...

This essay describes the influence that the pendulum had on Galileo's thinking and science. It also discusses the use of a pendulum to measure time. This is a part of The Galileo Project, an extensive web site on the...

Simply in design, this lesson plan was created by Deborah Lojkutz of Joliet West High School, the objective of this activity is to teach students the concept of periodic motion and relate it to the movement of a...

This is a simple pendulum laboratory activity from the PTRA manual "Role of the Laboratory in Teaching Introductory Physics". The activity is typical for studying a pendulum and includes minimum directions. An...

This website, from Physclips, provides a general explanation of the Foucault pendulum, which is a laboratory demonstration of the earth's rotation. Some historical material is presented, along with a discussion of the...