NEWTON'S 1ST LAW OF MOTION
Isaac Newton - a 17th century scientist - put forth a variety of laws that explain why objects move (or don't move) as they do. These three laws have become known as Newton's three laws of motion.
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Do you get ‘inertia’? Hopefully this meme will help you understand
FILL IN THE GAPS
The first law says that an object at _________ tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in __________, with the same direction and speed. Motion (or lack of motion) cannot change without an unbalanced __________ acting.
In other words, things cannot ________, stop, or change __________ all by themselves. It takes some ________ acting on them from the outside to cause such a change. This property of massive bodies to resist changes in their state of motion is sometimes called inertia.
In groups of 4 - collect a plastic cup, playing card & 1 counter
CURIOUS COUNTER
WRITE OBSERVATONS IN YOUR BOOK
- What happened?
- Explain how this activity models the 1st law.
- Put a playing card on top of the plastic cup
- Put a counter on top of the card
- With a sharp flick, hit the card out from under the coin.
- Now try and pull the card out really quickly toward you.
- Finally - try placing the card on your finger and see if you can get the coin to end up sitting on your finger after removing the card!
In groups of 4 - collect 6 counters
SUPER STACKER
WRITE OBSERVATONS IN YOUR BOOK
- What happened?
- Explain how this activity models the 1st law.
- On a smooth, flat surface, make a stack with five counters on top of each other.
- Place the last counter a few inches away from the stack.
- Use your fingers to give a hard flick to the single checker in the direction of the stack.
THE TABLECLOTH TRICK
IN YOUR OWN WORDS EXPLAIN HOW THE TABLECLOTH TRICK USES INERTIA
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NEWTON'S 1ST LAW OF MOTION
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NEWTON'S 1ST LAW OF MOTION
Isaac Newton - a 17th century scientist - put forth a variety of laws that explain why objects move (or don't move) as they do. These three laws have become known as Newton's three laws of motion.
- Genially
Do you get ‘inertia’? Hopefully this meme will help you understand
FILL IN THE GAPS
The first law says that an object at _________ tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in __________, with the same direction and speed. Motion (or lack of motion) cannot change without an unbalanced __________ acting. In other words, things cannot ________, stop, or change __________ all by themselves. It takes some ________ acting on them from the outside to cause such a change. This property of massive bodies to resist changes in their state of motion is sometimes called inertia.
In groups of 4 - collect a plastic cup, playing card & 1 counter
CURIOUS COUNTER
WRITE OBSERVATONS IN YOUR BOOK
In groups of 4 - collect 6 counters
SUPER STACKER
WRITE OBSERVATONS IN YOUR BOOK
THE TABLECLOTH TRICK
IN YOUR OWN WORDS EXPLAIN HOW THE TABLECLOTH TRICK USES INERTIA
How did you come to that answer?
What evidence supports your idea?
Got an idea?
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Let the communication flow!
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Got an idea?
Let the communication flow!
With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.