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Freestanding Structures: A Tech Museum Floor Activity

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Students attempt to design the tallest structure that they can with the given materials which are wooden dowels and rubber bands. They discuss the physics of their structure and how they would improve it the next time they built a similar structure.

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compression, elasticity, force, torque

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compression, elasticity, force, structure design, tension, torque, science
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3rd - 8th
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Science
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For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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