Pendulums
STEM Parts
Mixed Bag!
Math
Energy
100
The weight at the end of the pendulum
What is a bob?
100
Stated as "How does blank affect blank?"
What is the question/purpose?
100
These must be written with specific amounts so that another person can replicate your experiment.
What are the materials
100
the average measurement of a data set
What is mean?
100
energy in a moving body
What is kinetic energy?
200
When a pendulum goes from point A to point B and back again.
What is the period?
200
The part of the investigation that you keep the same no matter what.
What are the controlled variables?
200
The part of the investigation that you measure because of the change you made.
What is the dependent variable?
200
The difference between the greatest and the least measurement of a data set
What is the range?
200
Energy available when an object is raised, stretched, or squeezed
What is potential energy?
300
When a pendulum completes one swing from point A to point B (the shape it makes)
What is an arc?
300
The part of the investigation the you change on purpose
What is the independent variable?
300
The list of sources that you write and attach to your research report
What is a bibliography?
300
To display the number of paper clips different types of magnets can pick pick up use this graph.
What is a bar graph?
300
Give an example of potential energy
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400
Name 2 examples of pendulums in the real world
Grandfather clocks and swings
400
You need to first do research in order to write this.
What is a hypothesis?
400
You need to do this in order to make sure you have a fair test and then find the means
What is 3 trials?
400
To display the effect of different amounts of salt on the freezing point of water use this type of graph
What is a line graph?
400
Give an example of kinetic energy
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500
The scientist who discovered that pendulums could keep time in a clock due to their constant motion
Who is Galileo?
500
What are the three ways results are shown on your STEM fair display?
1) compelted data chart 2) graph of data 3) written results
500
A freely swinging weight hung from a string or rod
What is a pendulum?
500
To display the effect of temperature on the number of times a cricket chirps in one hour, use this type of graph
What is a line graph?
500
Why does a basketball eventually come to a stop?
Energy is not destroyed. It is transformed into other types of energy like heat, sound, or friction.
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