The Pencil Trick!

We continue to learn about balance in our science class.  We learned a very cool pencil trick - using just aluminum wire and clothes pins, we figured out how to make our pencils stand up on point!

We explored and discovered how it worked - by putting the counterweights under the balance point, we made the pencil stand up!  We have learned a lot about balance this year already, and will be finishing our unit next week.  When you come in for Parent-Teacher conferences, you'll see our mobiles that we built to learn more about balance!