Project: Designing Simple Structures Using Structural Analysis Project Based Learning Project STEM

Fun and organized for the instructor and the students. Everything is scripted in these lessons.

Included:

• 4 Lessons Plans
• Great engaging starter activities
• Introduction
• Lesson Times
• Standards and Objectives
• Guided Practice
• Resources and Materials
• Activities to Check for Student Understanding
• Group Work
• Lecture Presentation of Content
  • 6 different Lecture Presentations
• Assessment
• Images
• Diagrams
• Assignments
• Independent Student Activities
• Handouts
• Projects
• Quizzes with Quiz Answer Key
• Assessments
• Rubrics
• Lecture Presentations Slideshow

Description A universal concern across all building types and/or built structures is that of structural design. All Architects must have a grasp on an understanding of methods used to analyze simple structures, as doing so can enhance their design capabilities. In this project students will gain the knowledge of the following: - Load transfer mechanisms - Stress-strain relationships of building structures - Structural design considerations, including load-bearing relationships of shear walls, columns, and beams Final Product: Students will be able to design a simple structure by using these structural analysis principles. This project serves as a precursor to the next project which ideally would be a building design. By the end of this project they will have selected a material as the main structural system which will be incorporated into their building design in the next project.

Standards

• Understand load transfer mechanisms.
• Understand stress-strain relationships of building structures.
• Interpret structural design considerations, including load-bearing relationships of shear walls, columns, and beams.
• Design a simple structure by using structural analysis principles.

Industries / Pathways

• Engineering & Architecture