Toothpick Balance

Introduction:

This experiment is actually quite amazing it tends to fascinated people. I have had people call it sorcery and magic, it's crazy. This demonstration is very powerful in demonstrating how to smallest of things can be set to do the most amazing of things

Materials:

For this experiment you will need:

*Toothpick

*A skinny stick pole

*2 Forks

Procedure:

Connect the 2 forks tightly. Stick a tooth pick through them. Place the tip of the tooth pick on a Isn't that amazing that this

small skinny stick pole. toothpick as skinny as it is

can hold these forks at 90 degrees!

How does it work?

When the 2 forks were connected it made a triangular shape with 3 points of mass but since there's a hollow between the masses the center of mass is in mid air. Now, when you stick a toothpick through the fork, you happen to intercept the center of mass of the 2 fork enabling you to place the tip of the tooth pick on anything.

This project uses standard/no safety procedures, however take caution of the forks as they may are sharp.