Will you be able to master this challenging wooden brainteaser?
Aim: Separate the pieces. Can you rebuild the globe?
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
Italian scientist and astronomer.
As well as the telescope, he also developed the compass and the thermometer. He
claimed the earth was not the centre of the universe but that the planets,
including earth, orbited around the sun. A controversial theory at the time! By
watching a lamp swinging in a cathedral he made discoveries about the perpetual
motion of a pendulum. He worked out that a cannonball fired from a cannon
follows a special kind of curve called a parabula. His fabled experiment at the
top of the leaning tower of Pisa demonstrated that objects of different weights
will fall at the same speed. Encourages hand-eye co-ordination and problem
solving. Not for children under 3yrs old. Age: 8+. Difficulty Rating: 4 out
of 5.
