There’s much more to a spinning top than what meets the eye. That was just one of the lessons that attendees of all ages learned during our latest Morningside U class: The Science of Spinning Things. Under the direction of Marcia Houtz of Hamline University, participants explored tippe tops and rattlebacks—which reverse direction—and even human tops. The only downside to the class? We missed our co-instructor, member Kathleen Lundgren, who was recuperating from an illness.