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old floppy discs are no more in use because we can not store much data on it. take a small
floppy disc and remove the catch which is made of aluminium. you pull it apart and spread
it out. you will see two plastic layers. you open the layers out and in the center of both
these layers you will see an X-ray light circular disc. this is where the data is stored. there
is an aluminium disc in the middle. now make 8 cuts on this foil which are equally placed
and then crease them so as to make fan blades. these twists in each fan will convert it into
blades. then press fit a piece of stiff straw in the aluminium disc. this will act like
a bush bearing. now place a bicycle spoke and place the entire assembly under the ceiling
fan and the floppy propeller will keep spinning very beautifully. this is the vertical levitation
toy. you can see the magnets and which will repel the magnet on the pencil. now you make
the pencil stand on one leg. and the magnet on the pencil will be repelled by the 3 magnets
outside and if you place it under a ceiling fan the floppy propeller will keep spinning
and pencil will remain vertical. here you can see these students enjoying and playing
with the toy like this. you can also place it on a stand and when you place it under
the ceiling fan this floppy propeller will just keep spinning beautifully.