Newton’s Laws of Motion

Distance pennies Travel

QuestionWhat would happen if you hit three

pennies with one quarter?Hypothesis: The one quarter will move the

three pennies.

Balanced and unbalanced forcesBalanced force is when forces are the same

in size but opposite in direction.Unbalanced forces act in opposite direction

but are different size.Balanced force

unbalanced forces

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What the Quarter Did When we flicked the quarter all the pennies

moved different distances.The quarter did not move far after hitting the

pennies

Distance Pennies Moved

Penny 1 Penny 2 Penny 30

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0.5

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Series 3Series 2Series 1

p3

p3 P3 p2

P2 p1

P2 p1

p1

I Wonder……….I wonder what would happen if we hit 2

quarters into 6 nickels?I wonder what would happen if we hit 3

quarters into 7 quarters?I wonder what would happen if we hit 1 dime

into 5 nickels?

ResourcesNewton’s laws of motion graphic organizer

by Greer, Kirsten 6th grade class 2014 Stanford, KY Mcguffy SGC

Laws of motion reading by Gottlieb, Joan S Auston, TX (1996) Steck Vaughn

Balanced and unbalanced forces reading by Gottlieb, Joan S Auston, TX (1996) Steck Vaughn