Lesson 8: Competing to Get the Treasure on the Island

30-45 minutes

Lesson Objectives:

  • Articulate information about a balance scale and why balance scales are important

  • Determine weight and placement of weights on a scale to deliberately cause one side to be heavier than the other.


Materials Needed:

  • NoRILLA Balance Scales

  • pre-built objects and blocks

  • Optional Literature

  • Dry erase boards/dry erase markers

Lesson Slides