Data Sheet

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Gyroscopes & Flywheels
Safety Information .......... Inside front
A Word to Parents ............ Inside front
Tips and Tricks ..................................... 
Kit Contents .......................................... 
Table of Contents ................................ 
The Gyroscopic Effect ......................... 
The amazing gyro ................................ 
Introduction to the gyroscope
Balancing top ....................................... 
The gyroscope as a spinning top
Gyroscopic forces ................................ 
More exploration of the gyroscope’s
effects
The spinning robot .............................. 
This robot spins around and around
Momentum ........................................... 
Balancing robot ................................ 
Introduction to friction and inertia
Rip-cord gyrobot and track ............ 
Build a model that uses the
gyroscope and flywheel engine to
move along the track
Additional track designs ................ 
Breakdancer ...................................... 
Exploring angular momentum
Headspinning breakdancer .............
Conservation of angular momentum
Flywheels ............................................
Motorcycle ..........................................
Introduction to flywheels
Trike motorcycle ...............................
Another flywheel experiment
TIP!
You will find supplemental
information in the “Check It
Out” sections on pages , ,
, and .