Moving Things

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Walking is the first step of movement. And nothing can get going without friction.
You only realise how important friction is when it isn’t there. Without friction, you wouldn’t be able to hang up a picture on the wall using a nail, nor glide round the corner on your bike – or even put one foot in front of the other. Even shoes from Pirmasens wouldn’t help you! Therefore, the motto of the story is: stick first, run later!

Mass in Motion

Throwing, swinging, vibrating. Discover the way things move!

When you bump into something or give it a shove, there is little doubt that it will move. But how? Give impulses and discover speeds. Feel how waves vibrate. Transfer energy by swinging. And find out how even the heaviest things can become as light as a feather. Find out more about mechanical tricks here!

Rotating Movement

Here, everything revolves around movement. And everything here moves by revolving.
Sometimes you do the revolving, sometimes you get revolved. What does one thing have to do with the other? How can you perform a perfect pirouette even without ice skates? Is it possible to ride on gyroscopes? How do planets revolve around the sun? Explore the phenomenon of rotation and find out what toy gyroscopes have to do with the universe.

Moving machines

Invent, refine, tinker. Move ideas imaginatively.

What can you achieve from your ideas? How can you transfer your energies? And how do machines move? Find out how cog wheels can even move in concrete. Discover how to start a motor and how to get square objects to roll as if they were round. Be creative yourself and try things out with a group of people!