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Teach Engineering: Tightrope Trials ActivityTeach Engineering: Tightrope Trials Activity
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TeachEngineering
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Grade
7th - 9th
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Science
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Lexile Measures
990L
Activity

Teach Engineering: Tightrope Trials

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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 of mass at work as the creatures balance.

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Concepts

center of gravity, center of mass, engineering, equilibrium, stem

Additional Tags

balance, static equilibrium, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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Tightrope Trials

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Learners research the concepts of center of mass and how to make different things balance. They make symmetrical cut-outs of different "creatures" and experiment with how they balance on a tightrope of string.
5th - 7th STEM
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