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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 Third Law of Motion

    Experiment: "For every action, there must be an equal and opposite reaction".

    "Materials:

    You will need:

    1 strip of paper
    1 round pencil
    Sellotape
    Scissors
    Straw
    "Fin" Templates
     

     

    Method:

    What you have to do: 

    1) Wrap the strip of paper firmly around the pencil.

    2) When you are sure the paper is tight, put a piece of tape in the middle and remove from the pencil.

    3) Cut a little from each end so that they are straight and it resembles a cylinder.

    4) Draw four fins on the spare piece of paper. Cut them out and stick them on to the rocket.

    5) Put the straw into the rocket so that the bendy part is facing you and BLOW!

    Result: The rocket flies into the air and then lands.

    Conclusion: Newton's 'action' is the blowing of the air into the rocket. The 'reaction' is the rocket going into the air.


    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