Mobile mania

8th graders visited the Shangia Circus at the ABT on Monday.

Here are links to fun onlnie mobile makers:
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/mobile.htm

http://www.mathcats.com/explore/virtual/mobile.html

for calculating the length of the wires and size of your pieces:

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/counting_on_art/act_calder_calculating.shtm
choose the "mobile maker" from the pull down list and click GO

You can select your branches and shapes. Play with size to get your mobile to balance. You can also click "balance" if you get frustrated. Once your mobile is created and balanced, set it in motion.

We will use the spinner in the classroom to set our mobiles in action.