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Push Me Push You

carts across from each other with a rope and water filled basketballs next to each other
1H10.10

Have two students sit on the carts. You can demonstrate Newton's Third Law in several ways. The first way is to have the students put their hands together and tell one of the students to push off of the other's hands. Another option is to have the students pass a heavy ball (such as a medicine ball or a basketball filled with water) and watch as the students move farther and farther apart.