Balance and Motion

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• Move it! Motion, Forces and You by Adrienne Mason
• Forces Make Things Move by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Lesson 1

• What Is a Balance Scale? by Moving Beyond the Page

Materials

Common Materials

• balance scale
• gram weights (kit)
• scissors
• construction paper (kit)
• crayons, colored pencils, or markers
• paper clips (kit)
• red and blue crayons
• yard stick or measuring tape
• yarn (kit)
• hole punch
• marbles (kit)
• toy cars
• materials will vary depending on your child's ideas for his skit

Lesson 1

• large cup of milk
• large cup of water
• small pieces of candy

Lesson 2

• dictionary
• glue or glue stick

Lesson 3

• paint (kit)
• paintbrush (kit)
• small mirror (kit)

Lesson 4

• crumpled paper
• masking tape
• small toy car (kit)
• small rocks
• Spelling Journal (kit)
• marble (kit)
• ball
• blank paper (kit)
• cardboard tubes
• clipboard
• uncooked macaroni
• variety of balls
• three identical plastic tubs with lids

Lesson 5

• clothes hanger (kit)
• piece of paper
• string (kit)
• small unbreakable object
• rubber band (kit)
• small bucket (kit)

Lesson 6

• red and blue colored pencils
• small ramp (book, clipboard, piece of cardboard) (Option 2)
• small wooden block (kit)
• small stone (kit)
• bread board or cutting board
• ice cube
• eraser (kit)
• towel, aluminum foil, sandpaper, wax paper, or other materials that have rough or smooth surfaces
• two chairs (Option 1)
• two large wooden boards (Option 1)

Final Project

• white face paint
• poster board
• markers
• solid-colored clothing from head to toe

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used