Games
Seesaw
In this game, kids create a cardboard seesaw to balance different objects exploring weight and object.
Materials
- Cardboard
- Sausage Stick
- Straw
- Masking Tape
- Scissors
- Paper Cup
- Pebbles
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Challanges
- Create balance between two sides of the seesaw with the same materials.
- Create balance using different size or weight of the materials.
- Given two different quantities of the materials, create balance without changing the weight of the materials on either side.
Questions to be asked
- Can you make the seesaw go up and down without touching it? How?
- What happens when you add more weight on one side of the seesaw?
- What happens when the objects are kept closer and farther to the fulcrum?
- What happens when both sides have equal weight?