Balance Beam

by: Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about balancing. The probe is specifically designed to see if students recognize that objects with different weights (or masses) can be balanced using a simple mathematical rule.

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_42

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