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Swinging
Task with Student Directions
Contributed by: Assessment Performance Unit (APU)

  1. Hold the black ball still.

     

  2. Pull the yellow ball towards you to the starting line marked on the bench and let go of both balls at the same time.

     

  3. Watch the two balls for at least one minute on the clock.

     

  4. What do you see happening after the yellow ball is set swinging?

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  5. Push the wooden rod down to the black mark on the string.

     

  6. Set the yellow ball swinging again as you did before and watch it for about one minute.

     

  7. Describe two ways in which what you see now is different from what you saw before.

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