Popsicle Bridge
Students learn how bridges are designed to meet load, stress, and aesthetic challenges.
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Students learn how bridges are designed to meet load, stress, and aesthetic challenges.
View DetailsStudents explore the tallest buildings in the world and how they were designed and constructed.
View DetailsStudents learn about domes and work in teams to construct their own using everyday materials.
View DetailsStudents explore how engineers have solved societal problems such as water delivery and storage.
View DetailsStudents learn how big wheels have been designed throughout history, and then work in teams to design their own pasta wheel.
View DetailsThis lesson explores the practical, scientific, ethical, and environmental issues that emerge in building ‘smart buildings’ that rely on ‘the internet of things’.
View DetailsStudents learn about how to test structures for maximum load by designing prototypes of buildings out of cards.
View DetailsStudents work to design, build, and test a roofing system that will keep the contents of a box dry during a classroom "rainstorm."
View DetailsStudents explore how engineers have incorporated systems, materials, and methods from nature into manmade products, materials, and methods found in all industries.
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