Simple harmonic motion experiment (100%)
1. Research question: Determine the relationship of period and string length for simple pendulum
[15%] 2. Derivation of the equation:
[5%] 3. Hypothesis:
Which relationship it is for period and string length?
Linear/straight line/directly proportional
Proportional
Inversely proportional
[10%] 4. Experimental setup
[20%] 5. Experimental procedures
[15%] 6. Data collection
Use graph to record your data
Care about uncertainty and calculation of uncertainty
[5%] 7. Graphical analysis
In order to achieve a linear relationship of your physics quantities
Which physics quantity would you plot on x-axis and y-axis?
X-axis:
Y-axis:
Key words: error bar, how to graph with error bar, scale
[10%] 8. Calculation of slope
Key words: how to calculate slope, how to calculate average slope using graph with error bar
Further experiment
[5%] 9. Determine the gravitational acceleration at your location
[15%]10. Compare with the constant frequently used, evaluate your data.
a. Define random error
b. Define systematic error