Students will conduct several simple lab activities to learn about the five fundamental load types that can act on structures: tension, compression, shear, bending, and torsion. In this activity, students will play the role of molecules in a beam subject to various loading schemes.

Concepts

civil engineering, compression, engineering, tension, stem

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Additional Tags

bonding forces, civil engineering concept, torsion, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, civil engineering concepts, material properties

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)