Elementary Engineering: Bridges and Structures
Target Audience: Grades 3-5
Description:
Introduce your students to the exciting career of engineering as they develop abilities of technological design. Challenge your students to design a structure to meet a specific need. Working cooperatively, students will build a structure and evaluate their design, then communicate their design process and product. Focus of the unit is to build a truss bridge large enough for students to crawl across.
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The curriculum is correlated to the National Science Standards: |
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Science and technology - abilities of technological design; understanding about science and technology |
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Science in personal and social perspectives - science and technology in local challenges |
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History and nature of science - science as a human endeavor |
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Cost: Free bridge building check-out kits and preview copies of the curriculum are available through your local ISU Extension county office.
