Balancing Act Homework Activity 1 and 2

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Submission Information
Authors	kimberly skinner
Contact Email	kimberly.skinner@riverhead.net
School / Organization	riverhead high school
Submitted	12/08/09
Updated	12/08/11
Contribution Description
Title	Balancing Act Homework Activity 1 and 2
Simulations	Tindakan Menyeimbangkan
Keywords	balancing act, equilibrium, torque, forces
Description	This is my first submission. I am interested in creating interactive homework activities students can use to practice physics concepts in a fun way. I plan to use the first part before I teach torque and the second part after we've tried some calculations in class. Thank you for any feedback or suggestions!
Level	High School
Type	Homework
Subject	Physics
Duration	60 minutes
Answers Included	No
Language	English

	Content Level
Content Standard	K-4	5-8	9-12
Science as Inquiry - A
Physical Science - B
Life Science - C
Earth & Space Science - D
Science & Technology - E
Science in Personal and Social Perspective - F
History and Nature of Science - G

Gold Star contributions are high quality inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines (PDF) and that teachers find useful.

Reason for nomination

What do you think about this activity? How did you use it or change it for your class? Professionally constructive comments welcome.

I really like the way you have used student friendly directions without too much guidance, yet enough that many students and teachers would feel welcome to use this. I particularly like the real-world examples and challenges you have used along with students explaining their reasoning. 12/08/11 Trish Loeblein
Shulme@elwood.k12.ny.us wrote: "I like the way it truly is an inquiry based lesson-the students are guided, but have to figure out the principles of torque." 12/09/26 Trish Loeblein

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