Forces on Structures

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Grade

9, 10, 11, 12

A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.

Job Title

Civil Engineer (Green Economy Project)

I work to protect, conserve and restore natural resources.

Learn about strong and stable structures by building and testing bridges.

Design and build a structure that protects toy people from the wind.

Students explore careers that involve the concepts of form and function.

Students use their understanding of form and function to design an innovative object or device.

Students will explore how the form and function of common objects and structures are related.

Triangles are very strong shapes which makes them important when building strong and stable structures

Build and test a bridge made out of nothing but paper!

Are you willing to give up a sweet treat for the sake of science? Can you engineer a strong and stable structure out of something soft and fluffy?

8 images including the Statue of Liberty and various towers from around the world such as the Eiffel Tower, CN Tower and Xi'an Bell Tower

7 images of structures in Canada such as an Inukshuk, CN Tower and the Parliament Building including their locations

11 images of structures with historical significance from different civilizations such as pyramids, statues on Easter Island and Stonehenge

5 images of some mass and frame structures from around the world such as the L’Arc de Triomphe gate and the Brooklyn Bridge