How can we build a structure that protects toy people from wind?
![Hut on a tiny island](/sites/default/files/2020-12/hut-on-desert-island.jpg)
Hut on a tiny island (colematt, iStockphoto)
![Hut on a tiny island](/sites/default/files/2020-12/hut-on-desert-island.jpg)
Hut on a tiny island (colematt, iStockphoto)
How does this align with my curriculum?
NS
8
Science Grade 8 (2020)
Learners will construct a device that utilizes hydraulics or pneumatics.
YT
2
Science Grade 2 (British Columbia, June 2016)
Big Idea: Forces influence the motion of an object.
ON
2
Science and Technology, Grades 2 (2022)
Strand D. Structures and Mechanisms; Simple Machines and Movement
NS
7
Science Grade 7 (2020)
Learners will test the strength and efficiency of shapes and materials used in construction.
NU
1
K-6 Science and Technology Curriculum (NWT, 2004)
Structures and Mechanisms: Everyday Structures
ON
K
The Kindergarten Program (2016)
13. use the processes and skills of an inquiry stance (i.e., questioning, planning, predicting, observing, and communicating)
ON
K
The Kindergarten Program (2016)
24. use technological problem-solving skills, on their own and with others, in the process of creating and designing (i.e., questioning, planning, constructing, analysing, redesigning, and communicating)
NT
1
K-6 Science and Technology Curriculum (NWT, 2004)
Structures and Mechanisms: Everyday Structures
NU
5
K-6 Science and Technology Curriculum (NWT, 2004)
Structures and Mechanisms: Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms
NT
5
K-6 Science and Technology Curriculum (NWT, 2004)
Structures and Mechanisms: Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms
NU
2
K-6 Science and Technology Curriculum (NWT, 2004)
Earth and Space Systems: Air and Water in the Environment
ON
K
The Kindergarten Program (2016)
14. demonstrate an awareness of the natural and built environment through hands-on investigations, observations, questions, and representations of their findings
NT
2
K-6 Science and Technology Curriculum (NWT, 2004)
Earth and Space Systems: Air and Water in the Environment
AB
5
Science 5 (2023)
Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.