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"This was a great resource with a lot of components that I was able to pull pieces from as needed while working with my students. "
Marisa D.
"I had my students create their own waterways to teach them hand drafting. We went old school and were able to find the centers of their papers, use rulers to create straight lines, and light pencil strokes for easy erasing. This was the only addition I made to this resource. "
Sarah A.
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Bridge Week is my Shark Week! Get your students focused on forces as they design, build, and test bridges using toothpicks and wood glue.
What's included with your download:
- Student Lab paper - in English & Spanish
- Group Evaluation & Reflections - in English & Spanish
- Bridge Week PPT - pairs with lab paper research section and works for daily goals
- How to Bridge like a Pro - helpful hints and tips for teachers
- Example of a basic truss bridge template
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4th - 12th
Subjects
Standards
NGSSMS-ETS1-2
NGSSMS-ETS1-4
NGSSMS-PS2-2
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Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
1 Week
What others say
"This was a great resource with a lot of components that I was able to pull pieces from as needed while working with my students. "
Marisa D.
"I had my students create their own waterways to teach them hand drafting. We went old school and were able to find the centers of their papers, use rulers to create straight lines, and light pencil strokes for easy erasing. This was the only addition I made to this resource. "
Sarah A.
Description
Bridge Week is my Shark Week! Get your students focused on forces as they design, build, and test bridges using toothpicks and wood glue.
What's included with your download:
- Student Lab paper - in English & Spanish
- Group Evaluation & Reflections - in English & Spanish
- Bridge Week PPT - pairs with lab paper research section and works for daily goals
- How to Bridge like a Pro - helpful hints and tips for teachers
- Example of a basic truss bridge template
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Supplemented my balsa wood bridge project
I used parts of this to supplement my existing balsa wood bridge project for Honors Physics.
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This was a great resource with a lot of components that I was able to pull pieces from as needed while working with my students.
I had my students create their own waterways to teach them hand drafting. We went old school and were able to find the centers of their papers, use rulers to create straight lines, and light pencil strokes for easy erasing. This was the only addition I made to this resource.
This worked great when teaching my 8th graders principles of engineering!
Great Resource! My students were engaged and it saved me time!
This helped with my 4th graders' TPSP projects! Thank you!
My students and I loved this resource. Extremely engaging and connected to engineering standards.
This was a very good resource to get the students familiar with more details behind bridges, rather than just using what they've seen. It was very thorough and the students highly enjoyed the activity.
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Standards
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NGSSMS-ETS1-2
Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
NGSSMS-ETS1-4
Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
NGSSMS-PS2-2
Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. Emphasis is on balanced (Newton’s First Law) and unbalanced forces in a system, qualitative comparisons of forces, mass and changes in motion (Newton’s Second Law), frame of reference, and specification of units. Assessment is limited to forces and changes in motion in one-dimension in an inertial reference frame, and to change in one variable at a time. Assessment does not include the use of trigonometry.
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