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Coin Trick for Kids

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Laws of motion coin trick for kidsHere’s a simple (but fun) trick for the kids! You only need coin(s), a cup and a piece of cardboard.

Laws of motion coin trick for kidsPlace the cardboard on top of the cup.

Laws of motion coin trick for kidsPlace a coin in the center of the cardboard.

Laws of motion coin trick for kidsGive the cardboard a quick, fairly hard flick.

Laws of motion coin trick for kidsWatch the coins fall down into the glass while the cardboard keeps going.

Laws of motion coin trick for kids

Laws of motion coin trick for kidsSee how many coins you can stack up!

Laws of motion coin trick for kidsHere’s a video of this “trick” in action:

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3 Comments

  1. Hey, I love this trick for our science time in preschool, but what is the science behind it?? I see, it says laws of motion but I have no idea what that means…. help! 🙂
    Thanks

    • law of inertia: Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion; this includes changes to its speed, direction or state of rest. It is the tendency of objects to keep moving in a straight line at constant velocity. The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics that are used to describe the motion of objects and how they are affected by applied forces. Inertia comes from the Latin word, iners, meaning idle, sluggish. Inertia is one of the primary manifestations of mass, which is a quantitative property of physical systems. Isaac Newton defined inertia as his first law in his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which states:[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertia

  2. So how would you break down the laws of motion so they’d be relatable to the activity and appropriate age group?

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