Frequently Asked Questions Thousands of web sites for educators and students. Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. The balance features a damping button to steady the swing arm to prevent the pans from rocking during measurement. A slide on the swing arm allows the balance to be zeroed.
Marked calibrations demonstrate when the balance is level and zeroed.
Objects can be placed in the two removable cups for measurement or on the flat surfaces to which the cups attach to the swing arm. The enclosed teachers' guide, written in English, French, Spanish, German, and Danish, suggests that students begin by exploring the balance using classroom objects such as pencils, erasers, paper clips, scissors, counters, or blocks. Once students have made observations about common materials the authors suggest that they begin exploring measurement with the unit masses. ENC does NOT distribute this resource.