{"id":299,"date":"2020-08-04T21:15:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T03:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstdrafts.net\/physicalscience\/?p=299"},"modified":"2020-08-04T21:15:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T03:15:45","slug":"balancing-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstdrafts.net\/physicalscience\/balancing-acts\/","title":{"rendered":"balancing acts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you see me in front of an in-person class and I have a meter-stick, you&#8217;ll often witness me trying to balance it in various ways. The most impressive and kind of magical way to balance a ruler, stick, baseball bat, etc., is using this trick of sliding your fingers towards one another. They naturally meet up at the exact balance point, <em>even<\/em> when the object is lopsided. Take a look:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HdVrmrwUUmU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Balancing acts<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also like this video because it shows me messing up and dropping stuff, and there&#8217;s a great cameo of our puppy, Nina. Oh, and the intro and outro features <a href=\"http:\/\/substandards.band\">my favorite band<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What other objects can you balance? Can you create an investigation around finding the balance point of an object under different conditions? How would that point shift if I kept adding weights to one end or another, or to a different spot? What other strangely shaped objects would balance this way? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you see me in front of an in-person class and I have a meter-stick, you&#8217;ll often witness me trying to balance it in various ways. The most impressive and kind of magical way to balance a ruler, stick, baseball bat, etc., is using this trick of sliding your fingers towards one another. 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