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    This document provides instructions for a pre-lab activity where students will draw and analyze a balancing board with weights of different masses placed on each end. Students are asked to draw diagrams showing: 1) What would happen if standing on one end of the board, 2) Balancing two identical 10kg bricks on the board, 3) Forces from each brick, 4) Balancing a 10kg and 20kg brick on the board, and 5) Forces keeping the board balanced with mismatched bricks. The goal is to understand balancing and forces through a hands-on balancing board activity.

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    This document provides instructions for a pre-lab activity where students will draw and analyze a balancing board with weights of different masses placed on each end. Students are asked to draw diagrams showing: 1) What would happen if standing on one end of the board, 2) Balancing two identical 10kg bricks on the board, 3) Forces from each brick, 4) Balancing a 10kg and 20kg brick on the board, and 5) Forces keeping the board balanced with mismatched bricks. The goal is to understand balancing and forces through a hands-on balancing board activity.

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    Balancing Act Pre-Lab Final Version 9/13/11

    Name: ______________________________

    Period: _______________

    Pre-lab for Balancing Act


    The following picture represents a board that can pivot at its center

    1. Draw what would happen to the board if you stood on one end.

    2. You have two identical 10 kg bricks. Carefully draw where you would place each brick on the board
    so that the board stays balanced. (More than one possible correct answer)

    3. Now draw the forces from each brick in your picture above.

    4. You have a 10 kg brick and a 20 kg brick. Carefully draw where you would place each brick on the
    board so that the board stays balanced. . (More than one possible correct answer)

    5. Now draw the forces from each brick in your picture above, and explain why the board stays
    balanced.

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