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Re: spin experiments
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Charlie Carlson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:20:42 -0700
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What about something related to the conservation of angular momentum?
C

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On Jul 23, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Cricket Brooks <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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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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>>> 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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>> 
>> --
>> *Allison Feigen*
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