Structures and Forces

Structures and Forces is a comprehensive science unit for Middle Years students with very little prep required by teachers. It is completely laid out with teacher notes and a sequence of activities to give direction for the unit. Students will learn about various types of structures and the forces that act upon them. They will also experience many hands-on activities to reinforce concepts in the unit. A culminating activity for the unit is a project in which students, design, build, test, and evaluate a structure that has a function and that can withstand an external force.

This product includes:

• Teacher Notes and Sequence of Activities

• Compression Contest

• Designing a Windproof Structure

• Finding the Balancing Point

• Paper Bridge Challenge

• Structural Efficiency Worksheet

• Structure Hunt

• Structural Failure Research Activity

• Unit Design Project

• Design Project Rubric

• Student Notes

• Handouts

• Review Sheet

• Unit Test and Answer Key

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