TEACHER PORTAL
Students investigate the weights of different objects, then build a balance and use it to compare the weights.
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Balance Tower Building Kit & Instructions
Objects Mat
Objects Bag -
No printing required
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Find more objects around the room, guess where they will appear in the weight order, and test your predictions.
Using the balance, students explore weight relationships and create “physical equations”.
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Teacher Prep Video
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Balance Tower
Objects Bag
Green Cubes
Challenge Cards
Weight Relationships Challenge Mat
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Have students create their own Challenge Cards at varying levels of difficulty and give them to one another.
Students play a game in which they predict the weight of common classroom objects.
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Teacher Prep Video
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In Round 3 of In Balance, calculate each weight difference using negatives and positives. For example, if the prediction is 2 less than the actual, score -2 for that object. For the total, find the net score.
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Car Sheets (1 / pair)
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Craft Trays
11x17 Parking Lot Grids (1/pair)|
Wood Sticks
PRISM RulerNEED
Pencils
Scissors
Markers -
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Delivery trucks take up 4 parking spaces. Can students design a lot for the trucks? How many could fit?
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Fish Castle Materials sheet (1/pair) (Español)
PRISM Money sheet (1 / pair) (Español)
PROVIDED
Craft trays
Large wooden cubes
Small wooden cubes
Jumbo Craft Sticks
Mini Craft Sticks
Fish Castle Base Sheets
Glue Sticks
Card Bag -
MUST PRINT
Fish Castle Materials sheet (1 / pair) (Español)
PRISM Money sheet (1 / pair) (Español)
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PRINT
Sign Instructions (1 / group) (Español)Sign Shapes (1 / group) (Español)
PROVIDED
Construction Paper (4 / group)
PRISM RulersNEED
Pencils
Scissors -
MUST PRINT
Sign Instructions (1 / group) (Español)Sign Shapes sheet (1 / group) (Español)
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Commercial Script (1 / student) (Español)
PROVIDED
Construction paper -
MUST PRINT
Commercial Script (1 / student) (Español)
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Adoption Certificate (Español)
Clue Document Set (Español)
PROVIDED
Clue Bags
Dogs
Animal Sanctuary Decoder Poster
Library Decoder Poster
Park Message Poster
Petville Map (from Session 2) -
MUST PRINT
Adoption Certificate (Español)
Clue Document Set (Español)OPTIONAL EXTRAS
Petville Map
Clue Document Answer Key