4: Newton's First Law (Ch 4)
Inertia - the reluctance of an object to change it's state of motion.
Newton's 1st Law - The Law of Inertia = an object will remain at rest or in motion unless an unbalanced force acts on it.
How does the tablecloth demonstration show Newton's first law on INERTIA?
Here are a few demonstrations of Newton's 1st Law...
Check out this AWESOME video on Newton's First Law ...
http://www.khanacademy.org/video/newton-s-first-law-of-motion?playlist=Physics
Below are the class notes for Newton's First Law, Weight, Free-Body Diagrams and Vectors, you can also print the notes and bring them to class --> look under the POWERPOINT Notes page