Structures and Mechanisms: Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms

Students will design and build a model water tower and learn why these structures are important for many communities. Grade 8 extensions are also included.

Students will explore what it means to be a member of a team and highlight the skills and qualities that make one a good team member.

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

How could you design and build a structure that protects toy people from the wind?

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!

The lever is a type of simple machine. Learn about the different classes of levers and how they provide mechanical advantage.

5 images of examples where inclined planes are used to help lift or move objects such as ramps for accessibility or entertainment

6 images of some objects such as tweezers, scissors and wheel barrows that use the lever principle to create movement for a specific purpose

6 images of some objects such as in fitness equipment which use wheels with grooves in their rims called pulleys for movement

5 images of some objects such as corkscrews that have a mechanism of an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder to create movement

6 images of some tools such as axes and spikes that are inclined planes and used to help push objects apart

6 images of some objects such as ferris wheels and skate boards with wheel and axle mechanisms that create rotary movement