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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Speedy Shelter (Pdf)

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This is a hands-on challenge to invent a sturdy emergency shelter that's easy to build. Provides a full list of materials with ideas on how to build, test, and redesign it if necessary. Activity focuses on the engineering design process and the building of creative projects. Although this is designed for a weather event, it could be used as a sun shelter.

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brainstorming, teamwork
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building a simple shelter, creative projects, engineering design process, project design, pbs, pbs kids, pbs kids: design squad challenge: speedy shelter (pdf), invention, shelter, engineering design process projects, sun's effect on the earth
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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