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Isaac Newton's Scientific Investigations

1. Newton's First Law of Motion (1)  | 2. Newton's First Law of Motion (2) | 3. Newton's Third Law of Motion | 4. Newton's Colour Wheel

 5.  Balancing Butterfly | 6. The Floating Balloon

Newton's First Law of Motion (2)

Experiment: "An object at rest (or in motion) stays at rest (or in motion) unless a force acts upon it."

Materials:

You will need:

1 x 1c or 2c coin
1 film canister (or other similar sized container)
1 x 2cm (width) strip of card
Sellotape
 

Method:

What you have to do: 

1) Take the strip of card and join the ends together to make a ring.

2) Place the ring of card on top of the film canister.

3) Place the coin on top of the card ring.

4) Put your finger/pen through the ring and sharply pull the card to the left or right.

Result: The coin drops into the film canister.

Conclusion: When the card is moved, the coin is suspended in the air for a millisecond until gravity takes over.
(See Newton's First Law)

Sixth Class Experiments

1. Newton's First Law of Motion (1) | 2. Newton's First Law of Motion (2) | 3. Newton's Third Law of Motion | 4. Newton's Colour Wheel

 5.  Balancing Butterfly | 6. The Floating Balloon