Balancing act

This quarter's science unit focuses on forces! We began by trying to balance paper crayfish on our hands. The focus question they wrote In their research notebooks was," how many ways can you balance the crayfish?" Next students  made predictions and then tested it out. They found it very difficult until I gave them clothes pins to act as counter weights. We discussed how the counterweights work in helping balance the crayfish and then found more ways to balance it on their hands. They completed their notebook entry with "what I learned" and then "new questions I have." Next week, they are going to be blown away with how we can balance a pencil on its tip!