5 - Balancing Blocks

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Grades 5 - 8 Duration: 20 min Tools: one 16 pcs Set / 1 to 4 students Individual / Pair / Group work Keywords: Balance, Equilibrium, Balance scale

Balancing Blocks

PHYSICS

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTION Take some blocks and a balance scale. Try to create a balance with different blocks on each side. The challenge is to use more than one block on each side. Try to create a formula that correlates the heights of the blocks with their weights.