Friday, October 21, 2011

Inertia Trick

For our interita trick we are going "The Egg Drop Trick"

Procedure:

Fill a large glass about three-quarter of the way with water. Center a pie pan on the top of the glass. Center a cardboard tube (from paper towels or toilet paper) over the cup, in the pie pan. Finally, rest a raw egg on the top of the tube.
The glass, pie pan, tube and egg are at rest. With a quick striking motion, shove the edge of the pan so that the pan and the cardboard tube fly out of the way. The force is exerted on the pan and the tube, but not the glass or the egg. The glass will stay right where it is. Without support, the egg will succumb to the force of gravity and drop right into the cup.

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