About Equality Explorer: Basics
Explore what it means for a mathematical statement to be balanced or unbalanced by interacting with objects on a balance. Find all the ways to balance cats and dogs or apples and oranges.
How to play Equality Explorer: Basics
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. Explore what it means for a mathematical statement to be balanced or unbalanced by interacting with objects on a balance.
Questions & answers
- What is Equality Explorer: Basics?
- Equality Explorer: Basics 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. Explore what it means for a mathematical statement to be balanced or unbalanced by interacting with objects on a balance. Find all the ways to balance cats and dogs or apples and oranges.
- What can kids learn from Equality Explorer: Basics?
- It helps kids explore: use a balance model to solve an equation for an unknown, and justify your strategies for solving use proportional reasoning to determine the value of a single object.
- What age is Equality Explorer: Basics good for?
- It is designed for elementary school (roughly ages 5–10) up to middle school (roughly ages 10–14), and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is Equality Explorer: Basics free to play?
- Yes — Equality Explorer: Basics is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.