How Pendulum Studies Can Promote Knowledge of the Nature of Science |
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| Authors: | Matthews Michael R |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Education, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This paper mentions the extent to which contemporary science curricula include knowledge of the nature of science as a goal of science instruction; it outlines the crucial role played by the pendulum in the achievements of the scientific revolution and documents how little these achievements are included in standard textbooks; it describes a number of classroom pendular experiments and activities that reproduce some of the main 17th centuary experiments and indicates how students can relive the original scientific, procedural and methodological debates; finally the paper suggests ways in which the pendulum can be used in cross-disciplinary teaching thus giving students a more authentic understanding of the way that science has developed in conjunction with mathematics, music, religion and commerce. |
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| Keywords: | pendulum methodology scientific revolution longitude |
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