2007 Information to be added as soon as we can... email us if you have something to add,
In 2006 partricipants were from: South Africa, France, Switzerland, Malta, Oklahoma, Iowa, Wisconsin, and other places! Help add your country, city, state, or school to this year's list!
.............................................................................. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2007! Anytime Spin a top or tops TOP SPINNING DAY -A WORLDWIDE CELEBRATION! Free to take part! JOIN IN, WHEREVER YOUBe part of a worldwide event. Help get 10,000 (or more) tops spinning around the worldAnd in unusual places, too… YES, THE WORLD IS A Big Spinning Top!Celebrate & recognize this scientific fact! Email this page to friends & family, so they can take part, too. Which state and which country will have the most participants? .................................................................. Did you know that National Public Radio has talked about International Top Spinning Day Teachers & students: ask your class or entire school to take part, ask students to bring in tops Science: it’s physics Spin in UNUSUAL PLACES, too. (Family rated, of course.) AFTER: Please Email a small jpg photo, your comments, where you are: School name (grades, teacher’s name), City, State &Country, how many people took part, and how many tops were spinning, and where you spun tops. (Each new spin counts toward the total) We will add you to the total… striving for at least 10,000 spinning tops spins! Last year there were more than 20,000 spins. We may post some photos and a list of facts on our website afterwards
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TOP SPINNING DAY Hope you will take part Wednesday, October 11, 2006!Wherever you are in the world!Fili un trottola il 11 OTTOBRE 2006 dovunque siate quel giorno! Tournez un toupie OCTOBRE 11, 2006 partout où vous êtes ce jour ! C'est Spinnen Sie ein kreisel an OKTOBER 11, 2006 wohin Sie dieser Tag sind! ……………………………………………………………. Help get 10,000 or more top spins going on this day: different people and/or different tops and maybe unusual places? "The Earth is a Spinning Top, International Top Spinning Day"
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Burlington's Youth Librarian and library visitors stopped by to spin tops in downtown
2005: a few notes from International Top Spinning Day 2005: -Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA: The Terrace at St Francis (a nursing home), participated in - Warsaw, Poland. School : MICHAEL Osrodek Wychowawczo-Profilaktyczny; Students in Warsaw, Poland spinning tops on International Top Spinning Day:
-Austin, Texas, USA. Just wanted to let you know that I spun 3 tops today. Gayle -Sturtevant, Wisconsin. We spun 2 tops at the breakfast table today. Mr & Mrs. Schulz -South Africa: I spun tops 261 times on Wednesday 12th October,2005. It translates into approximately 3,600,000 revolutions. Hope it was a satisfactory contribution! But for me everyday is top spinning celebration. Kind regards, Tony. -Oklahoma, USA: 2 tops spinning from a top collector -France: Jim of the France Yo-Yo Association: 10 tops spinning -Waterford, Wisconsin: Little Thinkers Day Care, thanks Fran Kielas. Photos to be posted soon. -Burlington, Wisconsin,USA: Noon: in front of the Top Museum: families, homeschooling families, kids: and evening at the Burlington Public Library. A table of tops were kept spinning for an hour by students, parents, and families. Each time a top was spun, it was counted. Everyone kept re-spinning each top on the the tableful of tops for about an hour. 21 people with a total: more than 12,000 spins: More than 12,000 at the Burlington Public Library October 2005 Internatinal Top Spinning Day:       Families spinning tops in front of the Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum 2005 International Top Spinning Day 10 people for a total of 1,255 spins.    |
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Montana, USA: The teacher of these children learned about the Top Museum's .............................................................. Email your International Top Spinning Day photos & details to And in many languages: ITALIAN FRENCH Tournez un toupie OCTOBRE 11, 2006 partout où vous êtes ce jour ! C'est JOUR de ROTATION INTERNATIONAL de TOUPIE PARTOUT DANS LE MONDE célèbrent "la terre est un email de grand toupie" puis nous une photo et combien de personnes, SPANISH ˇHaga girar un trompo de OCTUBRE el 11 de 2006 dondequiera que usted sea ese día! Es DÍA QUE HACE GIRAR INTERNACIONAL de TROMPO POR TODAS PARTES EN EL MUNDO celebra "la tierra es un email del trompo grande" entonces nosotros una foto y cuánta gente, GERMAN Spinnen Sie ein kreisel an OKTOBER 11, 2006 wohin Sie dieser Tag sind! Es ist INTERNATIONALER KREISEL SPINNENDER TAG ÜBERALL IN DER WELT feiert "die Masse ist ein grosses kreisel!" Dann email wir ein Foto und wieviele Leute, Zahl |
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE call 262 763-3946 from the non-profit, educational museum 4th WORLDWIDE FREE TOP SPINNING EVENT Be part of a worldwide celebration and fun event, wherever you are, by spinning a top anytime, anywhere on Wednesday, October 11, 2006, wherever you are in the world. This is the fourth annual celebration and recognition of the scientific fact that the earth is a large spinning top. “The earth spins around a single axis, just as toy spinning tops and yo-yos do,” said Judith Schulz, director of the Spinning Top Museum in Burlington, Wisconsin. Last year photos arrived from Poland, France, Montana, and many other locations. National Public Radio has discussed the event and scientific terms related to spinning and rotation physics, which shows the importance of the topic. The public is invited to a free Top Spinning at high noon, Wednesday, October 11 in front of the Top Museum in Burlington, Wisconsin, but if you can’t make it there, spin a top wherever you are for this worldwide happening. A tour of the Top Museum is offered with reservations on October 11, 2006 at 10 am, with an admission charge. This year, participants are also encouraged to think of new and unusual places to spin a top, like on the word top in the dictionary or perhaps on the desk of a Fortune 500 CEO. Interesting and appropriate places will be reported on the website. Families, schools, nursing homes, libraries, businesses, co-workers, and scout troops are all encouraged to take part. Post a sign “The World is a big spinning top” and then have everyone take a spin at noon together, or whenever is convenient. Schulz also suggests putting out a non-breakable plate with a toy top or two on it and people to spin when they walk nearby. There are finger spinner tops; pump tops, old-fashion peg tops, game tops, Dreidles, and somersaulting tops. If you don’t have a top, spin coins, make a top, or stop by the top museum’s gift shop to buy a variety of tops. Science teachers can use this Worldwide Celebration as an introduction to studies of the earth, planets, inertia, momentum, and gyroscopic stability. Reading teachers can spin-off the event and challenge their students to see how many words they can find tin the dictionary related to this topic. Art teachers connect spinning tops with an introduction to optical illusions and radial symmetry. Afterwards, participants are asked to please send an email and small jpg. photos of their participation for documentation of this worldwide event. Include your name, group name and ages, address, email, phone number, how many people participated, and comments made. Selected information and summaries may be used on the Top Museum website. The Top Museum can be visited at scheduled times for a program that includes seeing the 2,000 item exhibit; 35 hands-on tops and games; videos; plus a live presentation. Adult tour groups and school field trips all enjoy the unique program. The non-profit, Top Museum is located at 533 Milwaukee AV, downtown Burlington, Wisconsin with information at www.topmuseum.org. Call (262) 763-3946 for information. | |