NEWTONS FIRST LAW OF MOTION

LAW OF INERTIA

EXPERIMENT
INERTIA TOWER
INSTRUCTION:
Stack the cups in a tower formation, placing a notecard in between each cup. Make sure that
the cup is aligned evenly to each other. Starting at the top, remove the first notecard and with a
swift pull directly backwards. Continue removing the cards in this fashion from top to bottom
leaving one stack of cups.

ANALYSIS
1. What force/s acted upon on the object from experiment you have performed?
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2. How does the activity/experiment relate to Newton’s first law of motion?

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 NEWTONS FIRST LAW OF MOTION
LAW OF INERTIA

EXPERIMENT
INERTIA RING
INSTRUCTION:
1. Set the ring on top of the opening of the bottle
2. Place the object on top of the ring
3. Make sure the object is placed directly above the opening of the bottle
4. Quickly pull the ring straight out to the side.
5. Make sure that the object fall into the bottle

ANALYSIS
3. What force/s acted upon on the object from experiment you have performed?
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4. How does the activity/experiment relate to Newton’s first law of motion?

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NEWTONS FIRST LAW OF MOTION

LAW OF INERTIA

EXPERIMENT
INERTIA BEADS

INSTRUCTION:
Carefully coil the strand of beads into the container. Pick up the container and quickly pull the
end of the beads strand downward. You will observe that the bead strands keeps on falling.

ANALYSIS
1. What force/s acted upon on the object from experiment you have performed?
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2. How does the activity/experiment relate to Newton’s first law of motion?

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