Newton's 1st Law of Motion

This week, we learned about forces and motions.  One thing I remembered the most from this week's lesson was Newton's 1st Law of Motion.  This law states that "objects in motion [at rest] will tend to stay in motion [at rest] unless acted upon by an outside, unbalanced force".  This weekend I went to support our football boys at their game against Punahou.  When the quarterback threw the ball in the air, it reminded me of the Newton's 1st Law of Motion.  After watching the ball being thrown, seconds later, it landed in another players' hands.  Seeing this, I thought to myself, "Wait a second...objects in motion don't always tend to stay in motion!" Instead of the ball staying in motion in the air forever, it dropped.  Confused, I rethought the situation over.  I then realized my mistake...I had forgotten about the outside, unbalanced force and how it affects objects in motion.  So, it was because of gravity that the ball dropped and eventually stop moving.  Gravity is an example of an outside, unbalanced force mentioned in Newton's 1st Law of Motion.  After the game on Saturday night, I was glad that I was able to incorporate some Physics into the game because I know that when I can relate things to real life situations, I tend to learn better.
...by the way, Congrats on the win Warriors! :)