Web Sites of Interest

Here are some great websites to help you out during your study of Balance and Motion. Be sure to explore the sites identified as student-friendly before you send your students there.

Student Friendly Sites

Thinking Fountain
This site gives students the opportunity to do balance activities (such as making a mobile or a Balanced Bug) by clicking on B. Similarly, students may click on M to do motion activities.

PBS Kids
This site gives students instructions for a motion activity - making a balloon car for racing.

Teacher Friendly Sites

Balance and Motion
This particular site is a list of many other websites featuring students doing Balance & Motion activities.

FOSS Resource Materials
This FOSS website has extensions for the Balance & Motion unit.

Last updated 07/25/2006