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Magic tricks of Maths, Physics
and Chemistry
5/3/2017
On Friday,
at the end
of our
Erasmus+
week in
Finland, the
Finnish
teacher
Antti
Pekkala had
prepared some
magic tricks to show.
These tricks were
based on
mathematics, physics
and chemistry, and
they were filmed. Antti started with a
few traditional card
tricks, finding the
right card from the
deck of cards.
Most of the magic
tricks needed an
assistant for the trick.
Luckily there were
plenty of students to
volunteer! Unluckily
for the students, they
always seemed to be
losing the games and
the bets! Some of the
tricks turned out to
be quite messy, like when you transfer
bubbles from a very
well shaken can to
Amidst the tricks
Antti explained some
of the science behind
them. Antti governed
some propability
mathematics, density
physics, and some
lab safety about
flammable
materials. Most of
the tricks however,
were to remain as a
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After some card
tricks Antti took out
an unopened box of
candies
and
played a
game
with it. He
did not
only win
the game,
but he
mystery, but the
students had some
good guesses on
some of the tricks.
The recorded videos
were shared with our
Erasmus group, so
The The Finnish team t
had also anticipated
by how many candies
he would win it, for
he had written the
result of the game on
a paper and placed it
in the classroom
beforehand.
another can, and then
it explodes in your
eyes!