Learning center

Claim 1

A learning center comprising: a. a nonrotatable worktable having supporting means and an upper work surface providing working space thereon for a plurality of students disposed around the periphery thereof; b. a support mounted on said table and extending vertically upwardly from the central portion thereof; c. a display table of substantially smaller cross-dimension than said worktable mounted at the top of said support and held nonrotatably with respect to said worktable and with its upper surface disposed in a plane parallel to the upper surface of said worktable; d. a plurality of turntables mounted for both clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation on said central support in vertically spaced relationship to each other and to said worktable and said display table and between the upper surface of said worktable and said display table; e. each of said turntables being of substantially smaller crossdimension than said worktable but of larger cross-dimension than said display table; f. each turntable adjacent the periphery thereof having mounted thereon for both clockwise and counterclockwise rotation a plurality of containers each spaced peripherally from its neighbor; g. display boards disposed between the display table and adjacent turntable and display boards disposed between adjacent turntables; and h. said turntables and their associated containers being so dimensioned and disposed with respect to said worktable as to provide a work area for students on the surface of said worktable adjacent the periphery thereof, while providing for each student ready access to each of said turntables and to the contents of each of said containers, respectively.