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MIY Toy Spinners and Motorized Optical Illusion Machines (adult and child grades K-5)


Enrichment - Youth / STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) -
Youth Fall 2025

Spinning tops are 6,000 years old and still popular. Archeologists claim every tribe of man invented toy spinners independently and they remain a classic toy today. Be a tinker lab scientist and make spinning tops out of wood turnings, golf tees, nuts, beads and washers. Turn mini fans into optical illusion toys. Learn about angular momentum, torque, friction, and gravity.

Susan Butzer

Susan Butzer has a BS in math and broad area science. She has 40 plus years of product development and invention experience at 3M as a product development chemist. 

 November 2025 
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  Susan Butzer


Falcon Ridge Middle School : Rm 154
Saturday, Nov 8
9:00 - 10:30 AM

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Grades   K - 5th

$ 39.00
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