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Swings 'N' Things

The Science Teacher—December 2003

Pendulum racing from the playground to the physics lab. This inquiry-based physics lesson uses playground swings to introduce students to the motion of a pendulum. Students use graphical and mathematical methods to match their experimental data to the classical pendulum equation.

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