Balancing Pencils, Cups, and other Objects

Balance

We started our Balance and Motion Unit in Science today.  Students are balancing cardboard crayfish on their finger.  They tried balancing the crayfish from different points.  Carter wrote: I tried it on the front but it didn't work.  If you want to hold it on the back, most likely you have to use clothespins to do it.

Cody wrote: At first it was harder to balance the crayfish.  

But when we had counterweight it was a lot better.

Brady used counterweight to balance his crayfish between the claws.

Gracie discovered how to balance the crayfish by the tail with counterweight.