Today in class, we are going to begin this lesson by learning about different strategies to make a material stronger. It will involve problem solving skills and basic Math understandings of size and proportion. First I will hand out this activity's worksheet.
Next, each student will receive six index cards and 18 inches of tape. They must build a structure with these items that is not over 3 inches tall but must be at least 1 inch tall. The goal of this activity is to see how much weight each structure can hold.
Students will work individually. When they have built their first structure, they will bring it to the testing table. The testing table will have a number of textbooks that the students can choose from. They will but as many text books on the structure as they can before it gets swished. After they have reached a maximum number of books, they will then put all of the books onto a scale and record the weight it shows. Students will then be given a second set of supplies to try to improve their structures.
We will compare everyone's structures and see who built the strongest structure. We will then talk about as a class what improvement helps the structures and what improvements actually made the structures weaker.
Here is a brief report of the structures I completed.
Engineering: Strength in Construction
Today in class, we are going to begin this lesson by learning about different strategies to make a material stronger. It will involve problem solving skills and basic Math understandings of size and proportion. First I will hand out this activity's worksheet.
Next, each student will receive six index cards and 18 inches of tape. They must build a structure with these items that is not over 3 inches tall but must be at least 1 inch tall. The goal of this activity is to see how much weight each structure can hold.
Students will work individually. When they have built their first structure, they will bring it to the testing table. The testing table will have a number of textbooks that the students can choose from. They will but as many text books on the structure as they can before it gets swished. After they have reached a maximum number of books, they will then put all of the books onto a scale and record the weight it shows. Students will then be given a second set of supplies to try to improve their structures.
We will compare everyone's structures and see who built the strongest structure. We will then talk about as a class what improvement helps the structures and what improvements actually made the structures weaker.
Here is a brief report of the structures I completed.
Just like all of our structures, all of our minds are strong! lets make them even stronger by paying attention and completing our assignments!