Overview of FOSS Kit
http://lhsfoss.org/scope/folio/pdfs/Balance_Matrix.pdf
http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/foss/scope/folio/html/BalanceandMotion/1.html

Adaptions to FOSS by Sylvia Rodriguez
http://web.archive.org/web/20041113045001/http://www.cedu.niu.edu/scied/student/lessonplans/team_3/rodriguez/rodriguez.htm

FOSS Resources for Teachers
http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/imc/foss/balmo.html

Pictures and quiz - balancing, zoomers, tops, twirlers - photo gallery
http://web.archive.org/web/20041010111656/http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/elementary/balance.htm

Balance from Science Museum of Minnesota
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/b/balance/balance.html

   Motion Machine from Science Museum of Minnesota
     http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/m/motionmachine/motionmachine.html

   Tubes and Spheres from Science Museum of Minnesota
     http://www.smm.org/sln/tf/t/tubesandspheres/tubesandspheres.html

   Parachuting Pinwheel from Science Museum of Minnesota
     http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/p/parachutingpinwheel/parachutingpinwheel.html

Washington State Leadership and Assistance for Science Reform - 3 investigations
http://www.wastatelaser.org/_support/toolkits/foss/balance_n_motion/index.asp

From Windmills to Whirligigs - Try These! pinwheels, whirlers, motion machines
http://www.smm.org/sln/vollis/trythese/trythese.html

Teacher Tips and Science Links - FOSS kit activities, objectives, concepts
http://www.cssd11.k12.co.us/science/2balance/2balance.htm
http://www.cssd11.k12.co.us/science/2balance/qa.htm

Reading List - books for balance and motion
http://www.fossweb.com/CA/modulesK-2/BalanceandMotion/teacher_resources.html

Interactive Build Your Own Roller Coaster
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster/section1.html

Fossweb - Another roller coaster to build
http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/BalanceandMotion/

 

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