Concept Checker for the Pendulum Motion Simulation
Our Concept Checker for the Pendulum Motion Simulation consists of 36 questions organized into 9 Question Groups. Students must correctly answer one question from each Question Group to
earn the Trophy for this Concept Checker.
Like all our Concept Checkers, it is designed to be used as a follow-up to an activity - the
Pendulum Motion simulation.
The Pendulum Motion simulation is accompanied by a classroom-ready exercise titled
Pendulum Motion. We recommend the use of the exercise with the simulation, followed by the use of this Concept Checker.
The Concept Checker targets student understanding of the following learning outcomes:
- The student should be able to describe the forces acting upon a pendulum and the effect of such forces on the motion.
- The student should be able to describe how the velocity changes over the course of a pendulum's back-and-forth motion.
- The student be able to describe how the kinetic and potential energies change over the course of a pendulum's back-and-forth motion.