Description
The Foucault’s Pendulum is part of a range of science toys, kits & teaching aids for teaching about forces for schools and in the home.
Use for engaging science at home or in the classroom!
Teaching ideas with a Foucault’s Pendulum
- Learn about the history of Foucault’s pendulum. This device helped prove that the earth rotates!
- Check out Foucault Pendulums in museums around the world. They often have dominoes set up around the pendulum base to show the Earth’s rotation visually. The one pictured below is from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
- Document the patterns in the sand that the pendulum makes.
- Learn more about the harmonics of swinging pendulums
- Discuss how a swinging chandelier helped Galileo understand that the length of the string affects the speed of a pendulum’s swing.
- Run Piaget’s pendulum experiment with your students.
School science visit that expands on this science teaching resource
Find out more about the Forces, Friction & Movement School Incursion
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-Caulfield Grammar School – Big Science Big FunThanks so much for presenting at our school on Monday. Our students enjoyed the show.
-Greenvale Primary School – Big Science Big FunFizzics Education curated a thoughtful and hands-on experience for the children, incorporating practical, skill-based learning activities and followed by a science presentation at the end of the event involving liquid nitrogen. This was delivered safely and effectively, capturing both the children and the parents for the duration of the presentation.
-Macquarie Bank – Family Fun DayFizzics Education ran a show today at our school and it was wonderful. He was a great facilitator and the show was age appropriate and well done.
-Mount Zion Early learning centre – Little Science Big FunI just wanted to pass on how much the staff and students really enjoyed it and how perfect it was to launch our science week activities. The students were enthralled, educated and entertained – a perfect trifecta!
-Caulfield Grammar School – Big Science Big FunThanks so much for presenting at our school on Monday. Our students enjoyed the show.
-Greenvale Primary School – Big Science Big FunFizzics Education curated a thoughtful and hands-on experience for the children, incorporating practical, skill-based learning activities and followed by a science presentation at the end of the event involving liquid nitrogen. This was delivered safely and effectively, capturing both the children and the parents for the duration of the presentation.
-Macquarie Bank – Family Fun DayFizzics Education ran a show today at our school and it was wonderful. He was a great facilitator and the show was age appropriate and well done.
-Mount Zion Early learning centre – Little Science Big Fun