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Spinning top: spin, slow down, wobble and fall

  • Science
  • Class 4
  • 3D model
  • English · Hindi

Spinning top: spin, slow down, wobble and fall: a 3D model for Class 4 Science, covering A top spins about a central axis through its tip and stem, The tip is the only part touching the surface while it spins upright, Resistance (rubbing at the tip and air) slowly takes away the spin, As a top slows it starts to wobble, then falls onto its side, A non-spinning top cannot balance on its tip.

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Also called

spinning top · top · lattu · लट्टू · spinning · rotation · spin about an axis · wobble · friction slows a top

Topics

  • A top spins about a central axis through its tip and stem
  • The tip is the only part touching the surface while it spins upright
  • Resistance (rubbing at the tip and air) slowly takes away the spin
  • As a top slows it starts to wobble, then falls onto its side
  • A non-spinning top cannot balance on its tip
  • With the same resistance, a faster start spins for longer
  • Spinning does not create energy; the top stops unless it is twisted again

About this model

A GLB file of about 1100 KB, shown in Lably's 3D viewer and, on a phone, placed in your room with AR. Credit: Game spinner by Cameron Henderson, Tactiles (https://tactiles.eu/tactiles/game-spinner/), CC BY-SA 4.0, simplified and recoloured. Spinning top, surface, dashboard and animation made for Lably. | CC BY-SA 4.0 (this model contains the Tactiles game spinner, CC BY-SA 4.0, so the whole model is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0). Top, surface, dashboard and animation: original for Lably.

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