Overview Web viewa type of engineering that focuses on the construction and design of buildings, mechanisms, pipelines, and structures taking into consideration what support and may
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Structural Engineering 101 – Building Paper Bridges
Curriculum Expectations
Investigate forces that act on structures and mechanisms
Identify forces that act on and within structures and mechanisms, and describe the effects of these forces on structures and mechanisms
Overview
Using interactive science notebooks in conjunction with experiments for science classes is an
ideal way for students to monitor their own learning, build their metacognition skills and
construct deeper meaning from concepts. This science lesson provides an opportunity for
students to develop their understanding of the role of a structural engineer, apply some of
these principles into the design of their own paper bridge and then reflect on any future
adaptations they would make to their designs.
Vocabulary needed for this lesson
Structural Engineer – a type of engineering that focuses on the construction and design of
buildings, mechanisms, pipelines, and structures taking into consideration what support and
may resist loads.
Loads – predictable or unpredictable forces which may be applied to a structure. Eg. weight of
20 non-moving desks in a classroom (predictable) or people coming in and out of a classroom
(unpredictable).
Prediction – making a guess on an event which will occur in the future.
Fair test - complete an experiment where only one factor changes and all others remain the
same. Eg. in this experiment, the factor which would remain the same would be the length