Let’s Build Engineering Extravaganza

The Science of Pirouettes

 

Challenge:  How is a spinning top similar to a spinning ballerina?  How are they different?

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Questions to ask:

• Take a top, spin it, observe.  Ask a ballerina to spin, observe.

• Can you spin? (Ask ballerinas to teach you!)

• Look at the pointe shoes - do they make spinning harder?  Easier?  Both?  Explain why.

• Video for more information

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   Special thanks to Charles River Ballet Academy.  More here!

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