Description
🔍 Explore
Swing pendulums to discover what controls their rhythmic motion. Change string length, bob mass, release angle, and gravity, and use the period timer to clock swings.
🎮 Try It
• Drag the pendulum bob to an angle on the protractor and release it to start swinging.
• Check Pendulum 2 to place two pendulums side-by-side, giving them different lengths to compare swing speeds.
• Change the bob mass while keeping length constant to observe whether mass affects the swing time.
🎯 Your Mission
Set two pendulums to the same length but make one three times as massive, then predict whether their periods are the same or different.
🌍 Real-World Connection
Grandfather clocks use a pendulum of precise length to keep accurate time because each swing takes the exact same duration regardless of weight.
