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Let the resource stretch the minds of your young scientists with a lesson about tensile strength and stiffness of materials. Groups consider how easily materials stretch and relate this property to engineering design.
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Instructional Ideas
- Use the lesson extension activities as a research project
Classroom Considerations
- Lesson builds on previous lesson (Fairly Fundamental Facts about Forces and Structures)
- There is an associated activity for the lesson, which is the next installment in the series
- The third installment of a six-part series
Pros
- Includes a vocabulary list with definitions and links to other websites
Cons
- Lesson itself is very bland and not likely to hold student interest