Cool Science Project

For this science project your will need to followingtop of the cardboard tube.
items:What you are going to do is quickly smack the pie
1 eggplate with the palm of your hand and when you do the
1 pie plate (preferably aluminum or metal. Do not get apie plate will go flying and the tube will topple over and
glass pie plate.the egg should fall straight down into the glass of
1 cardboard tube from a roll of toilet paper.water. You will need to make sure to hit the pie plate
1 glass of water. Make sure it is a real glass cup and ishard enough and fast enough to do this but you want
a larger glass that is wider on top.to stop your hand after the smack so that you do not
You are going to test the Newton law of motion withhit the glass of water and make it fall over and spill.
this and it is almost like a magic trick because of theWhat happens is that the egg is not moving. Of
quickness of your hand in making this science projectcourse, nothing is, but the egg is stationary and you are
work well or correctly. This is like the trick whereusing physics and applying force to the plate while
someone pulls out the table cloth from under all theallowing the egg to still remain motionless so that you
place settings above while leaving the dishes intact onquickly just removed the cardboard tube like it
the table. Here you will not necessarily leave somethingvanished and left the egg still motionless all by itself in
intact but it should not go flying away. You are going tothe air. The only thing left is that it cannot stay up by
prove that the egg remains motionless and simplyitself so gravity pulls it downward. No friction is applied
when left without support falls straight down only dueto the plate just plain force and the edge of the pie
to the force of gravity.plate grabs the tube and forces out from under the
Get a glass and fill 2/3 full of water. Make sure theegg. For a brief millisecond the egg was suspended in
glass is tall enough and wide enough and is made ofthe air. Once the egg started moving downward it will
glass. You will be setting a pie plate on it and you wantnot want to stop but now was interrupted by the
the glass to be stable so it does not get knocked overwater which provided a haven for the egg to once
easily.again become motionless. You could test taller glasses
Place an aluminum pie plate centered on top of theand more or less water to see if the splash is less.
glass of water. Then get a cardboard tube from a rollYou could also try using a different fluid in the glass to
of toilet paper and place in the middle of the pie platesee what happens and record your results. This is too
standing straight up and down. Now place your egg oncool.