Stage: 4 Challenge Level: 
Time playing with the balance is important.
It would be easy to just tell students about "moments" as a formula, but finding this relationship for themselves through practical investigation is of much higher value.
It would be easy to just tell students about "moments" as a formula, but finding this relationship for themselves through practical investigation is of much higher value.
Moment of a force. Stage 5 - Reviewed 2012. Manipulating algebraic expressions/formulae. alphas. epsilons. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Graphs. Stage 5 - Core Mapping. Creating expressions/formulae. Inequality/inequalities.
Published January 2006.
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