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Bicycle-Wheel Gyro
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In this activity, a spinning bicycle wheel resists efforts to tilt it and point the axle in a new direction.
Why do Hurricanes go Counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere?
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In this kinesthetic activity, learners will play a game with a ball to demonstrate the Coriolis force, which partly explains why hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere rotate counterclockwise.
Inverted Foucault Pendulum
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In this demonstration, learners explore a variation of a Foucault pendulum, but upside down.
Solar Spin
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A group of learners models the Sun shining on the Earth. By rotating the Earth, they demonstrate how the Sun only shines on a portion of the Earth at a time.