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The Pendulum

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  • DOMAIN(S)
    Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    CD-SC4.4a
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    48-60 months

Create a pendulum in the block center by tucking a tennis ball inside the leg of panty hose and hang it from the ceiling. Give the children boxes, cardboard tubes, and small yogurt containers. Encourage the children to build towers using the boxes and place tubes or containers on top to knock over. Let them experiment with how tall to build the towers and where they should place them. Have the children swing the pendulum to knock over a tower. Have the next child rebuild it and swing the pendulum.

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