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Inertia and Newton's first law

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Practical Physics [1]

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

Experiments

Inertia with pendulums [2]

Inertia on a low friction surface [3]

The inertia balance or 'wig-wag' [4]

More inertia experiments [5]

Balancing forces [6]

Newton's first law [7]


Related Guidance

Newton's laws of motion [8]

Mass [9]

Inertia [10]

Galileo's thought experiment  [11]

Institute of Physics [12]

 


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