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Try Engineering: Critical Load

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This lesson plan looks at critical load, the amount of weight a structure can hold beyond which it would collapse. Student teams will design and test a structure using playing cards that has to meet specific criteria. Afterwards, they evaluate the success of their design and how they could improve it.

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building design, engineering design process, structural design, structural engineering, structures, tryengineering, critical load, maximum load
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)