Rotating Bench

Sit on the rotating bench, start to rotate and try to exchange a ball with somebody on the other side of the bench. Notice how difficult it is to aim precisely at the goal. While you are rotating on the bench you will experience the well-known gravitational force. This expresses the tendency of our body to continue through inertia in the straight direction, but instead we are moving in a circle. It is more difficult to take aim with the ball as it slides sideways ??“ this is the essential principle of the Coriolis force that you can experience first hand in the Rotating Room exhibit.