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A Solid Construction
- Grade 5
- Science and Technology
- Understanding Structures and Mechanisms
Description
In this activity, students name internal and external forces. Using the engineering design process, students construct and test the strength of a structure and indicate the forces acting on that structure.
Learning goals
- I name the internal and external forces acting on a structure, and describe their effects on the structure.
Vocabulary
- engineers
- structure
- materials
- form
- function
- engineering
- engineering design process
- forces
- push
- pull
- crush
- resist
- stretch
- twist
- analyze
