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Lesson 4: Critical Design Review

rmfield — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:52:46 -0400

Unit:

Bridges

Textbook references:

Learning objectives:

- Students will evalute their peers' designs.

Key Questions, Concepts, or Themes:

-Which of the proposed designs is the best? If you could combine aspects from each design, which characteristics would you pick for your bridge?

rmfield — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:47:44 -0400

Unit:

Bridges

Textbook references:

Learning objectives:

Students will begin to formulate creative ideas for addressing the design challenge.

Key Questions, Concepts, or Themes:

If you were designing a bridge, what features and characteristics would it have?

Stage 1:

rmfield — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:06:44 -0400

Unit: Bridges

References:

Learning objectives:

- Students will form ideas about structural integrity.

- Students will become familiar with different types of bridge design.

- Students will gain a qualitative understanding of how bridges can have catastrophic weaknesses.

Key Questions, Concepts, or Themes:

- What types of bridge designs have been tried?

- What has caused the failure of bridges in the past?

andrewstillman — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:04:21 -0500

Title: Creating structures to withstand vertical compression	Author: A. Stillman
Subject: Structural Engineering	Grade: 6
Week:	Unit/Lesson Plan #: 1
Unit theme(s): Green building, vertical structures, social responsibility.	Textbook references: n/a read more Module #5: "Building a better future" -civil engineering in a finite world andrewstillman — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:24:10 -0500 Your vote: No votes yet This module may be place where the students explore what civil engineers do and investigate some of the challenges to building and maintaining our societies' infrastructure in a world with increasing demands and decreasing available resources. Links to activities: read more