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Teach Engineering: The Squeeze Is On

Curated by ACT

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

Additional Tags

civil engineering concept, internal stress, load, structure, support, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, civil engineering concepts

Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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