Museum of Aviation to host Beyblade tournament on Saturday

The museum, along with the World Beyblade Organization, will host the first-ever Beyblade tournament on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

BONAIRE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Things are going to be spinning at the Museum of Aviation this weekend.

The museum, along with the World Beyblade Organization, will host the first-ever Beyblade tournament on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Kids of all ages will be able to participate in both free play tournaments. The goal is for kids to learn all about STEM topics using the popular Beyblade brand tops, which utilize ideas of force, mass, and motion when creating their Beyblades.

Sixty competitors will battle to see who will last the longest.

The museum hopes the tournament will spark a greater interest in STEM.

“We hope that kids will be inspired to love STEM,” Museum of Aviation Foundation Vice President Melissa Spalding said. “Science, technology, engineering, and math are all around us, and even in the toys we play with there’s a lot of STEM applications, and we just want to encourage students to learn and have fun.”

The tournament will happen in the Century of Flight Hangar. There will be food trucks and prizes to win as well.