Cutting a Log

by: Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about center of mass. The probe is specifically designed to see if students recognize that when an object is balanced on a fulcrum, it does not mean that the parts on either side of the fulcrum will always have equal mass in weight.

Grade Levels

Elementary High School Middle School

Topics

Assessment Phenomena Physical Science Physics Three-Dimensional Learning

Details

Type Book ChapterPub Date 5/1/2010Stock # PB274X1_41

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