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Inertia on Your Side

Published in Science at Home and Lesson Plans. Tags: air pressure, dynamics, force, inertia, kinematics, mechanics, Newtons 1st law, Newtons laws, physics, pressure.

Materials

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

Published in Science at Home and Lesson Plans. Tags: action reaction, inertia, Newton’s 3rd Law, Newtons 1st law, Newtons laws, physics.

Learning standards covered by this activity:

Major Understanding

5.1i According to Newton’s First Law, the inertia of an object is directly proportional to its mass. An object remains at rest or moves with constant velocity, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
5.1q According to Newton’s Third Law, forces occur in action/reaction pairs. When one object exerts a force on a second, the second exerts a force on the first that is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.

The above learning standards were taken from the Core Curriculum Physical Setting/Physics, The University of the State of New York, The State Education Department.
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