At the end of this activity, students should be able to explain the theory of the simple gravity pendulum and the physical pendulum, describe the movement of a simple pendulum, state the changes in the force which cause a pendulum to oscillate, explain on what quantities the period of a simple and a physical pendulum depend, determine the gravitational acceleration given the T(L) measurement for a ball pendulum and describe the concept of a Foucault pendulum.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.