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Teach Engineering: Which Roof Is Tops? ActivityTeach Engineering: Which Roof Is Tops? Activity
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TeachEngineering
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Pre-K - 1st
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Activity

Teach Engineering: Which Roof Is Tops?

Curated by ACT

When you walk or drive around your neighborhood what do the roofs look like? What if you lived in an area with a different climate, how would that effect the style of roof that you might find. This is an introductory activity to explore the advantages of different roof shapes for different climates or situations.

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Concepts

climate, design, engineering, stem, buildings

Additional Tags

roofs, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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A collection of activities and professional development resources to deepen teachers' understanding of Next Generation Science Standards. Site is meant to help teachers bring engineering alive for their students.
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