Stanzel Museum has variety of activities for ‘Worldwide Day of Play’

Newton’s cradle was used to demonstrate the principles of conservation of momentum and conservation of energy. When a sphere at the end is lifted and released, it strikes the stationery spheres in the middle and creates a force that pushes the last sphere outward. That sphere then swings back and strikes the stationery spheres, repeating the effect in the opposite direction. The device was designed by French scientist Edme Mariotte and named after Sir Isaac Newton.

Creating giant bubbles was one of the outdoor activities available in the open field located near the Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum.

Building with Legos was one of the activities at the Worldwide Day of Play. This table with red, green, yellow and blue squares holds a variety of Lego pieces from which to choose.

Arts and craf ts projects were set up for all to enjoy. At the station pictured above, children wrote the letters of a name on colored squares and then arranged them in order to create a rocket ship.

An electricity conduction experiment using an energy stick from Steve Spangler Science is being performed by the four girls holding hands in the circle. The experiment demonstrates how energy can flow through the human body.