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Become a Master of Inertia
published by the Ontario Science Center
Find out how to do a less risky version of the pull-the-tablecloth-out-from-under-the-plates "magic trick." The version at this website is particularly interesting because instead of plates on a tablecloth, you'll use a pair of coins balanced on the rim of a glass.  Try it! Also, you'll learn how the concept of inertia explains what happens.
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/scizone/homelab/inertia.asp
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Motion, Forces, and Energy
- Applications of Newton's Laws
- Newton's First Law
- Middle School
- Elementary School
- Instructional Material
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2004 Ontario Science Center
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Keyword: tablecloth trick
Record Creator: Metadata instance created January 20, 2004 by Kyle Whipple
Record Updated: Jun 21, 2004 by Bruce Mason
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AIP Format
Become a Master of Inertia (Ontario Science Center, Toronto, 2004), WWW Document, (http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/scizone/homelab/inertia.asp).
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Become a Master of Inertia (Ontario Science Center, Toronto, 2004), <http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/scizone/homelab/inertia.asp>.
APA Format
Become a Master of Inertia. (2004). Retrieved June 18, 2013, from Ontario Science Center: http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/scizone/homelab/inertia.asp
Chicago Format
Ontario Science Center. Become a Master of Inertia. Toronto: Ontario Science Center, 2004. http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/scizone/homelab/inertia.asp (accessed 18 June 2013).
MLA Format
Become a Master of Inertia. Toronto: Ontario Science Center, 2004. 18 June 2013 <http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/scizone/homelab/inertia.asp>.
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