Hi, it's week 5! Well, actually we are facing some problems on the pendulum as it only works properly sometimes. So, we are trying to figure out what is the factors that affected our results. As a student, we have to keep on trying and learn from our mistakes. Firstly, we suspect that the retort stand might affect the result because the bottom part is made from metal which may affect the movement of the magnetic pendulum as it will be attracted towards metal. So, we had brought some wood sticks and some tools to make our own retort stand.
As you can see from the photo, Zhi Kang is cutting the wood stick by using a jigsaw.
P/s: Wearing slippers in a lab is actually prohibited.
P/s: Wearing slippers in a lab is actually prohibited.
After cutting all the wood stick, we proceed to join all the parts together using drill and screw,
Besides making a retort stand, we also bought a new solenoid from a shop which only cost RM5, because we think that the previous solenoid that we extracted from the speaker and fan is too small for this experiment and the magnetic field produced might be too weak.
After changing the retort stand and the solenoid, we try to run our experiment again and record the result as well.
The result is then analyzed by using the previous software named "auto tracker".
The result is then analyzed by using the previous software named "auto tracker".
Hock Guan is analyzing the movement of the magnetic pendulum.
Although we have done some changes on our apparatus and materials but the results we obtained are not exactly what we want. So, we are still trying our best to figure out what is the problem.
VALUES AND LESSONS OF THE WEEK
Do not give up easily.
Instead of giving up when we are facing some difficulty, we should always look for alternative way to overcome the problems. This is because nobody is born perfect, all of us will make mistakes in our life. The most important thing is to keep on trying and learn from the whole progress. For example, just like our experiment, although until now we still cannot determine the exact factor that affects the movement of magnetic pendulum. But, we are not giving up just like this.
Instead of giving up when we are facing some difficulty, we should always look for alternative way to overcome the problems. This is because nobody is born perfect, all of us will make mistakes in our life. The most important thing is to keep on trying and learn from the whole progress. For example, just like our experiment, although until now we still cannot determine the exact factor that affects the movement of magnetic pendulum. But, we are not giving up just like this.
Want to know more about this experiment? Stay tuned for our next update on next week!!! Thank you and have a nice day. :)
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