Age Level: 2-4 year old
Goal of Lesson: have students weight items and see the weight difference of certain items.
Learning Skills: Teach students about weight and how to use a balance
Materials: clothes hanger, cups and string, and things to weight (feathers, rice, beans, paper, etc)
Pre-Step - Making the Balance
1. Take two cups and punch holes in the sides of them. Tie a string through them.
2. Put the strings on the clothes hanger
1. Give students different items to weight. Have them put one object in each cup to weigh.
2. The cup that is heavier will drop lower then the lighter one. The more low it is compared to the other cup, the heavier it is.