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Teach Engineering: Tower Investigation and the Egg ActivityTeach Engineering: Tower Investigation and the Egg Activity
Publisher
TeachEngineering
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9th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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Activities & Projects
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Lexile Measures
930L
Activity

Teach Engineering: Tower Investigation and the Egg

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Towers have been a part of developed society for centuries. Towers serve a variety of purposes, from lookouts to cellular towers. In this activity student groups will build three types of towers, engineering them to hold an egg one foot high for 15 seconds.

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Concepts

civil engineering, engineering, stem

Additional Tags

building structures, civil engineering project, engineering design process, structure, 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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