Materials
- 24 inches of string per student
- plastic cup, one per student
- hand held one hole punch
- water
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Materials
- Paint sticks or thin flat boards
- A large sheet of butcher paper or newspaper
Procedure
- Place a stick on a table so a little less than half of the stick is sticking out over the edge of the table so that it looks like a diving board
- Ask the students to predict what will happen if you strike the end of the stick
- Make sure none of the students are in the line of fire, then hit the end and the stick will fly off the table
