Egg and Broom Trick

Egg and Broom Trick

Students will watch an impressive (and potentially messy!) demonstration of inertia.

Introduction

Here, an egg is supported over a glass of water by a toilet paper tube. When the supporting tube is moved away quickly, the egg drops straight into the cup. How? The eggsplanation has to do with inertia. Very little sideways force is applied to the egg as the tube is quickly knocked out of the way. The only force left to act on the egg is gravity, so the egg drops straight down.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Describe a scenario that demonstrates the property of inertia.

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