Pêndulo de Wilberforce: uma proposta de montagem para ambientes educativos informais e laboratórios didáticos

The Wilberforce Pendulum is a well-known experiment used to demonstrate coupled oscillations commonly restricted to longitudinal and rotational modes of a mass-spring system. It is interesting for the study of the principle of conservation of energy. For this purpose, there is a lot said on how to discuss this at Basic Levels and University Education. For those involved in informal educational environments, such as Museums of Science and Technology (MCT), this paper presents a proposal for setting up this experiment by inserting an innovative automation that allows the visitors themselves to perform a demonstration from a playful perspective that these places wish for. Teaching laboratories and people interested in these topics in general can also benefit from this development.