Double Pendulum Chaos
The motion quickly becomes very different.
Teaching & key ideas
What you do: Release it from nearly the same starting position twice.
What students see: The motion quickly becomes very different.
Why it works: Small differences grow in a chaotic system.
Question to ask: Can tiny starting differences make a big change?
Lesson flow
Predict → demonstrate → observe → briefly explain → ask: Can tiny starting differences make a big change?