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Engineering for Earthquakes
Grade Levels: 3-5 | Duration: 60 min
In this design challenge, you’ll engineer a structure and see if it can survive an earthquake you create!
Grade Levels: 3-5
Duration: 60 min
Concepts/Skills: Structural engineering, Forces, Natural hazards: Earthquakes
Objectives: Students will:
- Observe and explain simulations of the forces at play during an earthquake. • Use strong engineering principles to design a structure that will withstand the shaking of a simulated earthquake.
- Compare solutions, reflect and iterate to improve their designs.