Modeling+a+Pendulum

Reflection:

In this lesson, students use a CBR and logger pro to visualize pendulum movements as sine graphs. Students will discover the affect that the movement of the pendulum has on amplitude and period. This lesson is a discovery lesson. Allowing the students to visualize what they are doing will help them figure out the connections between motion and sine graphs. It also lets the teacher be a facilitator because they can give hints that relate to the graph, or hints on how to simulate movements that will allows students to understand.

Another benefit of this visualization is that students will become more familiar with CBR and logger pro. Both of these tools can be used to model many different types of movements. If a student didn't fully understand how a graph was working, they could experiment more using these tools to figure that out.