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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:

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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]>
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> > Hello,
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> > 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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