MICO GALINDEZ – BSCpE1B

Laboratory Experiment
Penny in A Card

Objectives:
At the end of the experiment, the students should be able to:

 Explain Newton’s First of Motion

Materials/Equipments:
 a glass or a small plastic cup,
 a playing card
 5 coins

Procedure:

1. Lay the card on top of the glass. Have one edge of the card a little beyond the
rim so you can give that edge a good flick without smacking your fingertip on the
glass.
2. Place a coin on top of the card so it’s centered over the glass
3. Use a finger to flick an edge of the card. You want to flick the card directly from
the side. (Don’t flick it downwards or upwards by hitting from above or below
the card.) Observe what happen.
4. Watch the coin drop straight into the glass!
5. Repeat the procedure 1-4 two times but this time putting 3 and 5 coins more.
Data and Results:
Trials No. of Coin/s Observation Explanation
Because, I flick it
So, my first trial I observed quickly, after that
that I flip the card over the 1 the coin stays in one
coin, which then falls into a place and then
1 1 glass. drops into a glass.
However, since it's a
3 peso coin, there's
a chance that not
everyone will be
able to drop it on
the glass. However,
I reasoned that I
should increase the
speed at which I
My second trial is the coin flicked the card in
would drop into a bottle in my order to drop the
second trial, just as it did in three coins into the
2 3 my first trial. bottle.
My third trials would be
different from my first and
second trials, but it seems that
it was difficult for me because I decided to flip the
I couldn't predict when I coin quicker than in
flipped the card, so I flipped it my previous two
three times after that the 5 trials, and the five
peso coins successfully fell to coin successfully
3 5 the glass. landed in the bottle.
Guide Questions:
1. Performing this experiment, does gravity and inertia have something to do with the motion of the
coins? Explain.
Yes, because I know exactly how this works with the Law of Inertia and Gravity work on the pennies,
the law states that an object at rest will stay at rest unless an opposing force is acted upon it .The pennies
have more mass than the card does, and the more mass something has the more inertia it has. Inertia says
that the more mass something has the more force it takes to stop/start something moving. Therefore the
pennies can’t move as fast as the card, so when the card moves the pennies fall into the glass.

2. Is Newton’s First Law evident in all three trials? Explain.

Yes, we all know about that the all three trials is successfully landed into a glass. At first glance,
dropping a penny into an empty glass appears to be a routine and easy task. "Ordinary and easy" are
invitations to come up with new ways to use science to accomplish our goals. The goal is to come up with
a unique and scientifically sound method of dropping a penny into a bottle and that is the first law
evident.

3. What happened to the motion when more coins were added on top of the card? Explain.
 If you put a lot of coins on the card, I think there's a chance that other coins won't fall through the
glass due to the excessive amount, it may depend on the size of the glass and the length of the card if you
add more coins.

Conclusion:
Unless acted upon by an unbalanced/outside force, an object at rest stays at rest and an object in
motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction.

Provided pieces of evidence, supporting details and scenarios:

So there you have it: proof that I tried coin falling into a bottle. What I would
tell is that it's entertaining because it's amusing to think that I was able to
play with coins, and it's even more amusing when my mother
captured/photographs me.

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Answers to the Questions

Criteria Description Points Score
Content Provided pieces of evidence, supporting details and scenarios 20
Grammar Used correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization 10
Organization of Expressed in clear and logical arrangement of ideas in the
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Ideas sentence
Format Adhered to the required style/appearance 5
Total 50