Levers for Addition

January 20, 2012

This first group of first graders is building levers with the new white LEGO® Education simple machine sets.

Where the fulcrum is placed makes a big difference in how hard it is to lift a weight.



Now we are using the levers to toss a ring twice.
We add the two numbers.
If the ring on a line we use the larger one.


This group is in second grade.



They are doing the same math game

but with the more complicated version of the lever build.


 
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