National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Pan Balance Numbers
Use this tool to find out if expressions are equal to each other. If the pan balance levels out then the expressions are equal.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Peg the Cat: Happy Camel Game
Help find the camel's toys in bowls of camel food by using a pan balance scale.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Pan Balance
A pan balance helps students visualize what value for x will make two expressions equivalent. The computer applet graphs the lines and shows the intersection point.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Pan Balance Shapes
Use this virtual, double pan balance and explore what shapes and amounts of shape balance each other. Great introduction to beginning algebra concepts.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Pre Algebra/ Pan Balance
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to manipulate objects in order to complete pan balance operations. It also has a few order of operation problems as a review.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Sid the Science Kid: Pan Balance
This is a game of weighing the rocks using the pan balance.