Gifted Learning Disabled All Assessment E Childhood General Home School Lang. E Childhood Literature Math Multiage Class Reading Lang. Arts Science Spelling Handwriting Soc. To demonstrate the best arm position for writing ease and control. Materials Ruler, something to use as a fulcrum, small objects of different weights, appropriate paper and writing instruments.
Procedure Ask students to describe their experiences playing on seesaws.
Then invite them to experiment with a miniature seesaw. Show students how to balance the ruler across the fulcrum and place objects at the ends. Show how the stick can be moved to new points of balance for different results. Ask students to describe what they observe. Discuss how the heavier end goes down when the fulcrum is placed beneath the center of the ruler.