Hello friends of @hive, the education of our children is fundamental for us as parents and that is why we always have to look for the best teaching tools that help us transmit knowledge in a practical and fun way. The experiments at home are a very valuable tool that we have to take advantage of, they offer us infinite possibilities that we must use to teach.

Today we will continue studying what is the Center of Gravity, the Experiment of today is very simple but in the same way it will not stop surprising you, we will use elements that you can get at home and you will be able to appreciate what the Center of Gravity represents and means.

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But before starting the fun it is important that we know or remember a basic concept.

What is the Center of Gravity?

The center of gravity is the point where all the gravitational forces that are exerted on a body are found. It is the place where the sagittal, frontal and horizontal planes meet. Source

Yes now! let the fun begin!

"Magic Can"

Materials:

1 can of empty soda
A little water in a glass
A little sand

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Process:

First we try to place the empty tin diagonally and we will try to make it stay that way on its own.

The true can drops?

Then we will do the same procedure but placing a little water inside the can.

Wuaoooooo !! Surprisingly true the can is held sideways!

Now finally we will do the same but we will place a little sand inside the can and observe what happens.

Incredible the can in the same way holds.

What happened?

With water:

When we put a little water in the can, we lower the Gravity Center and we achieve a surprising equilibrium, which keeps it in that position.

With the sand:

With the sand we achieve the same result, the tendency of the Center of Gravity to recover the lowest position is what allows the can achieve this surprising balance.

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As you can see, home experiments can be very useful when used as a teaching and learning tool, as parents we have the responsibility to offer our children the best education possible, for which we should look for the most appropriate strategies, our little ones They are full of curiosity and they love seeing new things and that is a point in our favor, the Cases of Experiments give us a universe of our knowledge. The opportunity to learn while having fun, just do not think about it anymore and put it into practice.

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Science at home! Fun homemade experiments for the little ones. Let's continue learning about the Center of Gravity!