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Pendulum

6th Grade Performance Task
Contributed by: The RAND Institute (RAND)

Students are instructed on how to create a pendulum and measure the periodicity of the pendulum, using four different combinations of string. Students are also asked which influences the time more - the length of the string or the weight at the end of the pendulum.



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