Balance the Scale UK

In this lesson, students learn to estimate, multiply, and divide with numbers in scientific notation by balancing objects on a scale. In this activity when students uses multiply in the math box it will show as a dot (American notation). Please reassure students of what this means. In all other places it has been changed to show the multiply symbol. Inspired by and with gratitude to Illustrative Mathematics and OpenUp Resources. Download for free at https://openupresources.org. Based on this activity Balance the Scale • Activity Builder by Desmos, adapted for the UK curriculum. Translated by volunteers into: French: https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5ea205cc93eb5e771114d04e?lang=fr

By Vicky Wheelhouse