About Balancing Act
Play with objects on a teeter totter to learn about balance. Test what you've learned by trying the Balance Challenge game.
How to play Balancing Act
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. Play with objects on a teeter totter to learn about balance.
Questions & answers
- What is Balancing Act?
- Balancing Act is a free interactive simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder) that you can play right in your browser on crumble.lol — no downloads and no sign-up. Play with objects on a teeter totter to learn about balance. Test what you've learned by trying the Balance Challenge game.
- What can kids learn from Balancing Act?
- It helps kids explore: predict how objects of various masses can be used to make a plank balance. predict how changing the positions of the masses on the plank will affect the motion of the plank. write rules to predict which way a plank will tilt when objects are placed on it. use your rules to solve puzzles about balancing.
- What age is Balancing Act good for?
- It is designed for elementary school (roughly ages 5–10) up to university, and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is Balancing Act free to play?
- Yes — Balancing Act is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.