C8-03: GALILEO'S PENDULUM

ID Code: C8-03
Purpose: Demonstrate conservation of energy in a simple system.
Description: The pendulum is hung from the upper peg with the lower peg interrupting its swing to the right. When started from the left at a given height, the pendulum rises to that same height on the right, after being stopped by the lower peg.
Availability: Available

See the Physics Question of the Week for 1/19/2015 for an example of how this demonstration can be used in class interaction and discussion: lecdem.physics.umd.edu/question-of-the-week-archive.html