Stage

Prepare

Set up a pendulum of fixed length and a hand stopwatch, and decide to time ten full swings in each trial.

Performer
assistant
Starts with
information
swing-count
10
environment
pendulum
length
1 m
timer
“hand stopwatch”
factors
reaction-time
unknown
Ends with
information
swing-count
10
environment
pendulum
length
1 m
timer
“hand stopwatch”
factors
reaction-time
unknown

Method text

start stage Prepare by assistant from state [
  set information to [set swing-count to 10]
  set environment to [
    set pendulum to [set length to 1 set unit to "m"]
    set timer to "hand stopwatch"
  ]
  set factors to [set reaction-time to unknown]
]
  about "Set up a pendulum of fixed length and a hand stopwatch, and decide to
  time ten full swings in each trial."
end stage with state [
  set information to [set swing-count to 10]
  set environment to [
    set pendulum to [set length to 1 set unit to "m"]
    set timer to "hand stopwatch"
  ]
  set factors to [set reaction-time to unknown]
]