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SPINNING
DISKS
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| Materials: | Card board, string or wool. |
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Instructions: |
Cut a piece of cardboard
into a circle. Draw a line through the centre of the circle and punch
2 holes either side of the centre at equal distances. Measure from your
finger tips to your shoulder with your arm fully stretched and cut a piece
of string twice this length. Feed the string through both holes and tie
together. Put your hands through the loops at either side of the disk.
Start by twisting the disk a few times then tighten and loosen the string
as the disk spins. It can whiz around at great speed once you get the
technique. |
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| Hints: | A good spinning disk will be quite large and heavy so get some thick cardboard. A heavy disk will gain more momentum as it spins, so once it gets going will be difficult to stop! Try putting holes close to the outside of the disk, you might get it to whistle as it whirs! |
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