Toy Gyroscope Contest at Spinning Toy Top & Yo-Yo Museum

 

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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 options.
 

- Participants at the workshop will learn tricks including: Tip Balance, Pick-Up, Side, Transfer, Hop, Tightrope, and Combo.
- The workshop has an assortment of materials for experimenting with the gyroscope, too.
- 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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(262) 763-3946
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