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Visualize Multi-Step Equations: Solving with Seesaws
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Poveda, Ronald |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students learn about probability through a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® based activity that simulates a game of "rock-paper-scissors." The LEGO robot mimics the outcome of random game scenarios in order to help students gain a better understanding of events that follow real-life random phenomenon, such as bridge failures, weather forecasts and automobile accidents. Students use a simple seesaw to visualize solving a two- or three-step mathematics equation, while solving a basic structural engineering weight balance problem in the process. They solve two-step equations on a worksheet and attempt to solve the challenge of "balancing a beam" through hands-on problems. The use of sensor equipment for correct position monitoring aids students in balancing the structure, as well as balancing the equation as they solve it on paper. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Polytechnic Institute of New York University |
| Subject Keyword | Number and Operations Inverse Operations Robot Constant Balance Coefficient |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Mathematics |
