Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Jacob Strickling from Make Science Fun does a really simple 'trick' with a playing card and a coin. Balance the card on your finger, balance the coin on top of the card, and then flick the card away with your finger. The card flies off leaving the coin behind! Newtons First Law, the coin is at rest, and has a tendency to stay at rest.
Jacob Strickling from Make Science Fun does a really simple 'trick' with a playing card and a coin. Balance the card on your finger, balance the coin on top of the card, and then flick the card away with your finger. The card flies off leaving the coin behind! Newtons First Law, the coin is at rest, and has a tendency to stay at rest.










