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Inertia and Newton's first law

Inertia is a powerful idea. Using many examples will help students to understand what it means.

Experiments

Inertia with pendulums

Inertia on a low friction surface

The inertia balance or 'wig-wag'

More inertia experiments

Balancing forces

Newton's first law


Related Guidance

Newton's laws of motion

Mass

Inertia

Galileo's thought experiment 

Institute of Physics

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