ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** To build an effective Foucault pendulum, my understanding is you need a very long pendulum and to see it active over a long enough period of time to see the rotation, you need to have the pendulum driven by some sort of energy input that has to be designed very carefully so that it does not change the motion. There are directions/descriptions for such devices that have been posted as links to this list before, but they are far beyond the capacity of most people to build at home. There's probably a good reason that you only see these things in the stairwells or multi-story lobbies of science centers. Dave Smith Da Vinci Science Center, Allentown, PA On 5/10/07, Katie Kulbaba <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers > Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related > institutions. > > ***************************************************************************** > > Does anyone have a lesson plan for a grade 5 student to build a Foucault > pendulum at home using dominoes (specifically) and other simple household > objects? I have found many examples, but no actual lesson plans with > materials and instructions. > > Thank you for your assistance! > > Katie Kulbaba > Orlando Science Center > (407) 514-2063 > [log in to unmask] > www.osc.org > > > *********************************************************************** > More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the > Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at > http://www.astc.org. > > The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. > To learn more, visit > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. > > To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the > message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to > [log in to unmask] > -- David L. Smith Allentown, PA [log in to unmask] *********************************************************************** More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org. The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. To learn more, visit http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]