Balancing Act																	Name_______________________________________
Equipment- paint stick, pennies, piece of dowel
1.Balance the stick on the dowel.  Where does it balance?  ____________________________

2. Now place a penny on each side and get the stick to balance. Where are the two pennies located at?___________________________

3. Now, put 4 pennies on one side and two pennies on the other side.  Move the pennies until they balance.  Draw the locations of the pennies on the diagram below.


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4. Put 3 pennies on one side and 2 pennies on the other side.  Move them until the stick balances. Draw the location of the pennies.

 
5. Write a rule for balancing on the ruler.  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Balancing Act
Equipment- paint stick, pennies, piece of dowel
1.Balance the stick on the dowel.  Where does it balance?  ____________________________

2. Now place a penny on each side and get the stick to balance. Where are the two pennies located at?___________________________

3. Now, put 4 pennies on one side and two pennies on the other side.  Move the pennies until they balance.  Draw the locations of the pennies on the diagram below.


 __________________________________________________________________________________________
					middle

4. Put 3 pennies on one side and 2 pennies on the other side.  Move them until the stick balances. Draw the location of the pennies.

 
5. Write a rule for balancing on the ruler.  _______________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
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