Science Struck
Science Struck: Triple Beam Balance: Function, Parts, and Uses
Explains what a triple beam balance does, how it is constructed, and how it functions.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Triple Beam Balance Challenge (0.1 G)
Practice reading a triple-beam balance to the nearest 0.1 g.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Triple Beam Balance Challenge (0.01 G)
Practice reading a triple-beam balance to the nearest 0.01 g.
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: Why Is Physical Activity Important?
This site includes a simple list of reasons why getting exercise is important for your physical and emotional well-being. Also, learn definitions and examples of aerobic activities, resistance activities, and stretching activities.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Senses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how sensory stimuli are perceived and interpreted.
Other
Web Reference: Rough It Up: Production Graphics
An article about using abstract shapes and positions of images to create interesting effects. Includes a tutorial.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dinosaur Train Chow Time
Feed the hungry dinosaurs but make sure they are getting the right amount! Click and drag food to the scale until it's balanced.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Pan Balance Shapes
Use this tool to build up to algebraic thinking by exploring how to balance shapes of unknown weight.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Mechanics of Standing Balance
This is a 5-question quiz to help prepare for the MCAT. It uses the analogy between a standing patient and an inverted pendulum and the mechanics of standing balance.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: A Physical Model of Human Sitting
Practice for the MCAT with this passage, diagram, and question about equilibrium and translational motion.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: A Perfect Sacred Sphere [Pdf]
In this lesson, 4th graders will explore protractors, rulers, balance both radial, and symmetrical, and concepts of angle measurements as they create their own mandalas.
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PBS
Pbs Kids: Throw Your Weight Around [Pdf]
Three activities that test how you keep your balance. It's harder than you think!
ArtLex
Art Lex: Unity
This site from Artlex provides a brief but effective definition of the Principle of Design known as Unity. There are links to other terms within the definition.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Cup Tower Experiment
Observe some of the issues that structural engineers encounter by building a tower with paper or plastic cups and then reporting on your experience.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Balancing Balls on Air
Investigate how the force of moving air from a blow dryer interacts with the force of gravity to keep a ping-pong ball perfectly balanced in midair.
PBS
Pbs: Affluenza
Do you feel bloated and unfulfilled from keeping up with the Joneses? Find out how to live in better balance with your environment.
Other
Design and Colour
A site by watercolor artist John Lovett. He describes the Elements of Art and Principles of Design and gives tips and techniques for watercolor painting and for composition.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Robots Alive! Toddler's First Steps
Investigate the physics involved in balancing.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Balance and Motion: Push and Pull
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn what balance, force, push and pull are. There are video clips and interactive practice of these vocabulary words and concepts.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Balancing Chemical Equations
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will use the Activotes and pen to balance chemical equations.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Exercise
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gets the students up and moving as well as thinking about the importance of exercise and the impact it has on the human body.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Cavendish and the Value of G
A short description of how Cavendish measured the value of G - the universal gravitation constant and supported Newton's theory. Illustrated.
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments: Balance
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This pair of...