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Teach Engineering: The Squeeze Is On

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Students will learn about the force of compression and how it acts on structural components through a hands-on group project. Using everyday products such as paper, toothpicks, and tape they will construct a structure that will support the weight of a cinder block for 30 sec.

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Concepts
civil engineering, compression, engineering, force, stem
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Additional Tags
civil engineering concept, internal stress, load, structure, support, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, civil engineering concepts
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)