Develop a hypothesis regarding one factor you think might affect the period of a pendulum or an oscillating mass on a spring. Potential factors include the mass, the spring constant, and the length of the pendulum's string. Write down your hypothesis. 2. Design a controlled experiment to test your hypothesis. Take extreme care to keep all factors constant except the variable you are testing.

A hypothesis for the period of a pendulum is:

"The period of the pendulum varies with its length"

Explanation:

A hypothesis for the period of a pendulum is:

"The period of the pendulum varies with its length"

To test this hypothesis we can carry out a measurement of a simple pendulum keeping the angle fixed, in general the angle used is about 5º since when placing this value in radiand and the sine of this angle they differ little <5%. therefore measured the time of some oscillations, for example about 10 oscillations, changing the length of the pendulum to test the hypothesis.

If the hypothesis and the model used is correct, the relationship to be tested is

              T² =(4π² /g)   L  

by making a graph of the period squared against the length if obtaining, os a line, the hypothesis is tested.