In class we made some Acrobatic Clowns.

 

Some background information:

 

All objects have a balancing point called the centre of gravity.

The lower the centre of gravity on a onbject  the more stable the object is.

For example: A double decker bus should always fill the bottom first so it is heavier. It will mean the bus is less likely to topple over.

 

 

What we did:

 

We were in groups of 4.

We had to cut out a template of a clown doing a handstand.

We traced around the template on cardboard and cut that out.

Then we had to try balance the clown on our finger. It was hard and the clown kept falling off.

 

 

Finding the centre of gravity:

 

We used blu tac and coins to give the clown a centre of gravity. We put them on the clowns hands.

This made it much easier to balance the clown and find its centre of gravity.

The more blu tac we used the more balanced the clown was.

The coins were the best to give the clown a centre of gravity because they were the heaviest.