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    Newton's 1st Law of Motion (Law of Inertia)

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    The document describes two classroom activities to demonstrate Newton's First Law of Motion (the Law of Inertia). The first activity had students observe what happens to a coin on a piece of cardboard when the cardboard is slowly pulled or quickly flicked. The second activity had students observe what happens when the bottom coin in a stack is hit with a ruler. The document then defines the Law of Inertia as an object remaining at rest or in constant motion unless acted on by an external force. It states that more massive objects require more force to change their motion. Finally, students are instructed to watch a video and take a true/false quiz about the Law of Inertia.

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    The document describes two classroom activities to demonstrate Newton's First Law of Motion (the Law of Inertia). The first activity had students observe what happens to a coin on a piece of cardboard when the cardboard is slowly pulled or quickly flicked. The second activity had students observe what happens when the bottom coin in a stack is hit with a ruler. The document then defines the Law of Inertia as an object remaining at rest or in constant motion unless acted on by an external force. It states that more massive objects require more force to change their motion. Finally, students are instructed to watch a video and take a true/false quiz about the Law of Inertia.

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    The document describes two classroom activities to demonstrate Newton's First Law of Motion (the Law of Inertia). The first activity had students observe what happens to a coin on a piece of cardboard when the cardboard is slowly pulled or quickly flicked. The second activity had students observe what happens when the bottom coin in a stack is hit with a ruler. The document then defines the Law of Inertia as an object remaining at rest or in constant motion unless acted on by an external force. It states that more massive objects require more force to change their motion. Finally, students are instructed to watch a video and take a true/false quiz about the Law of Inertia.

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    Newton's 1st Law of Motion (Law of Inertia)

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    Judith J. Delizo
    The document describes two classroom activities to demonstrate Newton's First Law of Motion (the Law of Inertia). The first activity had students observe what happens to a coin on a piece of cardboard when the cardboard is slowly pulled or quickly flicked. The second activity had students observe what happens when the bottom coin in a stack is hit with a ruler. The document then defines the Law of Inertia as an object remaining at rest or in constant motion unless acted on by an external force. It states that more massive objects require more force to change their motion. Finally, students are instructed to watch a video and take a true/false quiz about the Law of Inertia.

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    Group 1 Activity “Coin Drop”

     What happens when you slowly pulled the cardboard?


    Answer: (The coin moved together with the cardboard)
     What happens when you flicked the cardboard?
    Answer: (The coin fell into the glass, because the coin is at rest
    and it tends to continue in its state of rest)
    Group 2 Activity “Stack the Coins”

     What happens when you hit the coin at the bottom? Why is
    this so?
    Answer: (The coin at the bottom will move in the direction of
    the force applied by the ruler, but the stack of coins remaining
    (4 pcs of coins) will remain in its state of rest)
    Law of Inertia
    (Newton’s First Law of Motion)
     All objects have the tendency to resist changes in
    their state of motion or keep doing what they are
    doing.
     However, changing a body’s state of motion depends
    on its Inertia.
    A more massive object which has more inertia is
    more difficult to move from rest, slowdown, speed
    up, or change in its direction.
    Law of Inertia
    (Newton’s First Law of Motion)
     Newton’s first law states that an object at rest will stay at
    rest or an object in motion will stay in motion and travel in
    straight line, as long as no external net force acts on it.
     Theobject will change its state of motion only if there is
    unbalanced or net force acting upon it.

    Law of Inertia
    A body will remain at rest or move at
    constant velocity unless acted upon by
    an external net or unbalanced force.
    Watch a video!
    Short Quiz! (1/4 sheet of paper)
    True or False. Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.
    _____ 1. If pulled quickly, a tablecloth can be removed from
    underneath the dishes.
    _____ 2. When a car suddenly stops, drivers and passengers
    may feel that their bodies are moving backward.
    _____ 3. Seat belts tighten in a car when it stops quickly.
    _____ 4. A car that is moving will continue, even if the engine is
    switched off.
    _____ 5. It is easy to stop a big vehicle, like a bus, than a smaller
    vehicle, like a motorcycle.
    Answer key!
    1.T
    2.F
    3.T
    4.T
    5.F

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