Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight: Circus Science

In this week's spotlight: a pair of projects that put your understanding of balance to the test! What makes some things topple and other things stable? Use marshmallows and wooden sticks to explore how the distribution of an object's mass determines how the object will balance. You can investigate using these science project and activity procedures:

• Circus-Trick Science: How to Balance Anything (full Science Buddies Project Idea)
• Circus Science: How to Balance Anything (science activity at Scientific American)