My favorite activity was using the balance scale to measure the wooden block, bouncy ball, golf ball, tennis ball, and the others that I don't remember. We had to use a balance scale, the balls, and plastic chips that weigh 1 gram, 5 gram, and 10 gram. I learned how to do the average, how heavy grams are, and how to use the balance scale.
It was a group assignment, which means everyone from your table. Melissa, Robert, Julia, and I each had a turn measuring with the variety of balls and gram chips. First we had to estimate. To do that, we had to put a ball in one hand, and put some grams in another hand. We estimated the weight between the chips and the balls, and we wrote it down on our worksheet. Next we got to use the balance scale, but first we had to measure it to zero. After that, we put the balls on the right side, and the amount of the weight needed with the plastic chips on the other side. We did that until we finally had the right amount for each ball, and we all calculated the average and got the same answer.
It was a group assignment, which means everyone from your table. Melissa, Robert, Julia, and I each had a turn measuring with the variety of balls and gram chips. First we had to estimate. To do that, we had to put a ball in one hand, and put some grams in another hand. We estimated the weight between the chips and the balls, and we wrote it down on our worksheet. Next we got to use the balance scale, but first we had to measure it to zero. After that, we put the balls on the right side, and the amount of the weight needed with the plastic chips on the other side. We did that until we finally had the right amount for each ball, and we all calculated the average and got the same answer.
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