Toy Science

The word on Slinkys......
For our project this week, we made a Slinky game.  If you're not familiar with how to get the Slinky to walk down a slope, here is a tip.  Set the Slinky at the top of slope, the pull the top rings over and down to the slope surface --directly downhill of the rest of the Slinky.  If you place them off to one side, the the Slinky may eventually start to roll instead of walk.

The best slope for these Slinkys seems to be around 18-20 degrees.  But you can experiment to see what happens if you use a steeper or shallower slope.