Spin Below are listed links to educational and programming materials associated with the SPIN exhibition. Control-click or right-click on the links to download the files; or, download the .zip archive of all the files.

ZIP file containing all files [spin-program-material-archive.zip]

Toolbox of Activities

Summary of Activities

Cross Referenced by Age [Activity-Grade-Level-Cross-Reference.xls]
Cross Referenced by Time Required [Activity-Time-Required-Cross-Reference.xls]

Program Activities for public, school, homeschool, scouts, etc.

ZIP file containing all program activity files [spin-program-activity-archive.zip]

Anemometer [Anemometer.doc]
Benham's Disk [Benham's-Disk.doc]
Bicycle Wheel Gryoscope [Bicycle-Wheel-Gyroscope.doc]
Chorus Line [Chorus-Line.doc]
Curious Patterns [Curious-Patterns.doc]
Marble Loop [Marble-Loop.doc]
Pinwheel [Pinwheels.doc]
Rotational Inertia Derby: Rolling Cans [Rotational-Inertia-Derby.doc]
Salad Spinner Art [Salad-Spinner-Art.doc]
Scavenger Hunt for Spinning Things [Scavenger-Hunt-for-Spinning-Things.doc]
Spinning Blackboard [Spinning-Blackboard.doc]
Spinning Eggs [Spinning-Eggs.doc]
Spinning Record Pendulum [Spinning-Record-Pendulum.doc]
Spinning Water Bucket [Spinning-Water-Bucket.doc]
Stop the Drop [Stop-the-Drop.doc]
Weighted Inertia Rods [Weighted-Inertia-Rods.doc]
Whirly-Gig Spinner [Whirly-Gig-Spinner.doc]

Materials for Classroom Teachers and Museum Educators

Summary of Exhibit Components [Summary-of-Exhibit-Components.doc]
Benchmarks for Science Literacy [Benchmarks-for-Science-Literacy-Correlations.doc]
Helpful SPIN Terms [SPIN-Glossary.doc]

Pre- and Post-Visit Activities

Grades 5-7 [Pre-and-Post-Visit-Activity-for-Grades-5-7.doc]
Grades 2-4 [Pre-and-Post-Visit-Activity-for-Grades-2-4.doc]
Labsheets for Exhibit Exploration [Labsheets-for-Exhibit-Exploration.doc]
Letter to Parents: Future Tense [Letter-to-Parents-Future-Tense.doc]
Letter to Parents: Past Tense [Letter-to-Parents-Past-Tense.doc]