Kugelwettlauf

Stations-ID: D007

Instructions:

Start and endpoint are the same for both spheres. One of the spheres rolls along an inclined plane, the other takes a longer way. 

• Which will reach it’s goal first?
• Which sphere arrives at the destination with a higher velocity?
• What would happen, if the spheres where of different sizes?

Marbles are not a new invention. The oldest finds are from Egypt and around 5.000 years old. The first glass marble on the other hand was made in Lauscha, Thuringia, Germany in the 19th century.