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Teach Engineering: Newspaper Tower ActivityTeach Engineering: Newspaper Tower Activity
Publisher
TeachEngineering
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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Activities & Projects
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Lexile Measures
1120L
Activity

Teach Engineering: Newspaper Tower

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Students will be challenged to design and construct a tower out of newspaper. They will have limited supplies including newspaper, tape, and scissors since engineers are often restricted by economic reasons as to how much material they can use in their building. The students will be building for height and stability, and their towers must be designed to withstand a lateral "wind" load.

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Concepts

civil engineering, design, engineering, skyscrapers, stem

Additional Tags

building structures, civil engineering project, lateral wind load, stability, towers, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, civil engineering projects

Classroom Considerations

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

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