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Problem
Materials
Hypothesis
I think that the weight of Bob will affect the period of
Starting Data
Independent
Variable
Starting Value
Incremental change
Weight of Bob
14g
14g
Value
String length
46.2cm
Drop height
51 cm
Experimental Data
Trial
Average time
for 5 swings
(s)
4.58
seconds
3.985
4.44
0.888
3.935
0.787
3.861
3.8275
0.7655
3.827
3.78
3.8035
0.7607
3.695
3.766
3.7305
0.7461
Independent
variable =
Weight
Time of 5 swings
(s)
14g
28g
42g
4.3
seconds
3.885
second
3.794
56g
70g
Test 1
Test
(Average time
for 1 swing)
4.44
4.2
4
Time of 5 Swings (Seconds) 3.8
3.6
3.94
3.833.8
3.73
3.4
3.2
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Weight of Bob (Grams)
The period of a pendulum is the time it takes it to swing back and forth
once. In this lab we measure the period of a pendulum when we added weight to
the pendulum. Our hypothesis was that the speed of the period would increase
the more weight we added. We timed the pendulum to swing five times twice, and
then we put another weight on the bob. We kept our control variables, the length
of the string and the drop height of the bob, the same throughout the experiment
so that our data would stay as consistent as possible. In the lab, we got a wide
variety of data with the different weights on the bob. First we got 4.44 seconds for
a 14-gram bob. After that, we got 3.935 for a 28-gram pendulum, 3.8275 for a 42gram bob, and 3.8035 for a 56-gram bob. Finally, we got 3.7305 for a bob that
weighed 70 grams. We got a negative slope on our graph because as the weight
got bigger, the time the pendulum took to take five swings was shorter and