The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Heart Health and Care
This is a simple guide from The Franklin Institute to keeping your heart healthy through proper exercise, a varied diet, and a clean lifestyle. Here, read about how to exercise and eat to avoid heart disease.
Center of Science and Industry
Cosi Columbus: Weight for It!
Science experiment that demonstrates how balances work. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how to compare the weight of different objects.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University: Symmetrical Design
Here, at this site from the Arizona State University, is a simple lesson plan for math or art teachers in the primary grades. Learners create their own symmetrical design based on Pennsylvania barn signs. Also has a link to a site with...
Other
Graphic Greats: Photo Treatment
This resource presents an article about the use of photos in documents.
Other
Santa Monica College: Chemistry Laboratory Common Equipment
Check out some photos and names of common lab equipment students encounter in Chemistry class.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Take It From the Top
Students defy gravity by stacking blocks in different ways in this exercise. Other projects are linked to this lesson as well.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Center of Gravity
This activity demonstrates an easy way to find the center of gravity of an object.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Balancing Act
Play the Balance Challenge game to see how various objects can be used to make a plank such as a teeter totter balance and how changing the position of an object will affect the motion and tilt of the plank.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Mass and Weight: What's the Difference?
Explanation of the differences between mass and weight.
MsMoney
Ms Money: Deciphering Your Bank Statement
This site explains the items that appear on a bank statement and also includes procedures for reconciling a bank statement. Click on the headings for more information. Also, explore the additional financial topics by clicking menu items.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Tightrope Trials
To learn about the concept of center of mass, students examine how objects balance. They make symmetrical cut-outs of different "creatures" and experiment with how they balance on a tightrope of string. Students see the concept of center...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Perching Parrot
Students explore the concepts of center of mass and static equilibrium by seeing how non-symmetrical objects balance. Using a paper cut-out shape of a parrot sitting on a wire coat hanger, they learn that their parrot exists in stable...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Using Models to Solve Equations
Given a problem, the student will use concrete and pictorial models to solve equations and use symbols to record their actions.
Math Slice
Math Slice: Balance Weights
This resource allows students to practice balancing weights where students determine what weight is missing to make things balance. There are ten problems with instant feedback and an opportunity to practice again.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Hearing and Balance
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What do listening to music and riding a bike have in common? It might surprise you to learn that both activities depend on your ears. The ears do more than just...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Bean Bag Challenges
Students will learn physical fitness terminology as they participate in a bean bags activity.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Exploring Balance
During this lesson, students will engage in many activities that require them to use their balance.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Measurement: Appropriate Tools for Metric Measurement
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Choose appropriate tools and metric units for given items and measurement situations.
Chateau Meddybemps
Chateau Meddybemps: Teeter Totter Experiments
Practice comparing mass by trying the Teeter Totter Experiment. Watch the teeter totter move up and down as you compare Marcus to each animal.
NASA
Nasa: Weight and Balance Forces Acting on an Airplane
The effects of forces exerted on an airplane wing are discussed both conceptually and mathematically. Illustrations and sample problems and solutions are provided.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Structures Around the World
How does that bridge stay up? What are the forces acting on that column? This site helps students understand how structures can be built by having them build their own. Also provides images of real structures for kids to compare with...
Other
Chem Team: Stoichiometry: Volume Volume Stoichiometry
Understand volume-volume stoichiometry with these volume-based example problems worked with solutions and explanations.
TOPS Learning Systems
Tops Learning Systems: Top Science: Paper Beam Balance [Pdf]
Construct and test a beam balance made out of paper.
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Left Foot Right Foot: Integrating I Movie [Pdf]
This PDF document is a PowerPoint Presentation on integrating iMovie into your classroom. The five basic steps of plan, shoot, capture, edit and publish are outlined and examples of how to use iMovie in your classroom are given. Finally,...