Glowing Pendulum
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
Build out this pendulum kit to explore chaotic motion. Watch patterns emerge on your glow board with the UV light. Includes a step-by-step video tutorial link, illustrated blueprint instructions, all the materials, and a special-edition Tinker Zine magazine for more fun!
Academic Standards
- 1-PS4-2: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for information transfer
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“We wanted to create a project that investigated the beautiful, chaotic motion of a double pendulum. Adding a light at the tip of the pendulum and some glow paper underneath was the perfect combo to bring it to life!”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
8
Pendulums tested
7
Glow paper prototypes
15
Largest audience crammed in a dark bathroom to watch a prototype
