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GYROSCOPE WORKSHOP
 Learn tricks! Try experiments! Feel the force~
Get a gyro to use & keep!
+ See odd gyroscopes from the museum’s world-class collection
-WORKSHOP- Sunday, Oct 24, 2021 1:30-3 Advance registration required | For kids age 8-16! Register : 262 763-3946 Limited space.
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Gyroscopes are in the top family, with spinning skills and timing beyond most tops.
See antique & modern gyroscopes, try experiments that demonstrate gyroscopic stability and power.
Gyroscopes are important in our lives as this force is used in navigation, space travel,
and everyday activities. See rare and unique toy gyroscopes, antique to modern,
get a quality gyroscope TO USE & TO KEEP, try experiments that demonstrate gyroscopic stability and power,
Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum, 533 Milwaukee Av,
historic downtown Burlington, WI 53105
(262) 763-3946 Free parking.
ALL THE WORKSHOP FACTS:
Learn
gyroscope spinning tricks and get a quality toy gyroscope to use and keep in
this workshop,
offered for kids age 8-16 |
The gyroscope’s mysterious force seems to defy
gravity.
Gyroscope technology is used in
numerous applications today, including satellite navigation,
flight
stabilization in helicopters and stabilizing features in rockets, missiles, and
planes. The amazing device, invented in the 1700’s is
a “super” top, with advanced spinning abilities.
The gyroscope is like a
spinning top but with longer spin, a support framework and endless trick
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Participants at the workshop will learn tricks including: Tip Balance, Pick-Up,
Side, Transfer, Hop, Tightrope, and Combo.
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The workshop has an assortment of materials for experimenting with the
gyroscope, too.
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A private collection of gyroscopes from the Spinning Top Museum will be on
display, too; with a number of rare examples. Advance registration by phone is required, due
to limited space.
The workshop fee is $35/person and
includes a $15 gyroscope & other items to keep. The
workshop is for ages 8-16 only.
Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum, 533 Milwaukee
Av, downtown Burlington, Wisconsin.
Parking is free. Call 262 763-3946 or visit www.topmuseum.org
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