Annie Oakley

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Annie Oakley

PIRA: 1D60.40

Materials: Nerf Gun, Tin Coin (Tin Plates taped together), Bullets

This demo is to show how Annie Oakley was able to hit coins in the air using physics. This demo is done with someone tossing the tin coin in our case it is 2 tin pans taped together and the other person will be at whatever distance that fits shooting the target once the pan is at its apex. This shows that objects fall the same rate, so students can see the even when one is falling and the other is a projectile in motion the two will fall at the same rate. This is one way Annie Oakley was able to hit quarters in the air so effectively.