This week's episodes and hands-on activity explore re-engineering.
Strength & Stability
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Students develop and apply comparing & contrasting, observing and predicting skills as they explore the strength of cylinders made with different materials.
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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?
Students will work collaboratively to design and build a simple bee house to provide a nest for solitary bees in a garden environment.
Students develop and apply observing, comparing & contrasting and drawing conclusions skills as they learn about the strength of various shapes in structures.