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Re: spin experiments
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Cricket Brooks <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:04:59 -0500
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Absolutely!  After I went and looked at my photo, I realized that of
course mine also had two marbles.  Spinning was the only way to get
both of the marbles to seat properly.

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Allison Feigen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi Cricket,
> I'm not sure I get it. Could you send a photo?
> Thanks!
> ~Alli
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Cricket Brooks <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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>> institutions.
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>> I once made a little hand-held game that involved a marble and a
>> parabola-shaped ramp with little notched out "resting spots" in it,
>> all sandwiched within a rectangular box of acrylic.  No matter how you
>> shook the box or tipped it back and forth, the marble would only come
>> to rest within one of the notches if you spun the whole unit around
>> just so.  It's hard to explain, but easy to understand if you see it.
>> I'll try to find a photo to send you if you're interested, and if you
>> are able to fabricate something like this for your program.  It held
>> people's attention, especially once they saw someone succeed. Even
>> knowing the secret, it took several tries to make it work.  And people
>> couldn't quite believe they couldn't replicate the success with a
>> tipping rather than a spinning motion, so they tried over and over
>> again..
>>
>> Cricket
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Allison Feigen <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
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>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I'm looking for some simple, low mess experiments I can do at a family
>> > program that demonstrate the properties of spinning. I'm planning to do
>> > salad spinner spin art; I tried steve spangler's chromotography
>> experiment
>> > with little success. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> > ~Alli Feigen
>> > Education Manager
>> > The New England Carousel Museum
>> >
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