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Teach Engineering: Tunnel Through! ActivityTeach Engineering: Tunnel Through! Activity
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TeachEngineering
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6th - 8th
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Science
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1220L
Activity

Teach Engineering: Tunnel Through!

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Students apply their knowledge about mountains and rocks to transportation engineering, with the task of developing a model mountain tunnel that simulates the principles behind real-life engineering design. Student teams design and create model tunnels through a clay mountain, working within design constraints and testing for success; the tunnels must meet specific design requirements and withstand a certain load.

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transportation, stem

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design constraints, design criteria, engineering design process projects, rock cycle, tunnel, earth, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, teachengineering: tunnel through!, mountain, roadway

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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