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Peak Performance
Students design and build a car that is capable of traveling across the floor quickly, and also up a steep ramp.
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LEGO Balance
Learners design and build a balance using LEGO, string, and a set of standard metric weights.
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Perching Parrot
Students explore the concepts of center of mass and static equilibrium by seeing how non-symmetrical objects balance. They also analyze why all forces on an object must cancel out exactly for an object to be stationary.
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A Veritable Circus: Investigating Balance
Young scholars experiment with balance to learn about verticle balance, horizontal balance, center of gravity, and become active problem solvers and "scientists." Student engage in manipulating and changing experimental materials.