Structures

Structures

The way structures are built depends on the forces that impact upon them.
 * What are forces?
 * What are structures?
 * What are the processes for building structures?
 * How does our knowledge of forces impact our creation of structures?

__**What are forces?**__

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Forces experiments - in groups we will chose an experiment to do about forces.

Here is the rubric we are working towards:

__**What are the processes for building structures?**__

Later in the term we will be choosing a structure to research and find information about. You could pick a bridge, boat, plane, skyscraper, roller coaster, land marks eg: sky tower, eiffel tower, golden gate bridge, empire state building etc. You can buddy up with someone to help you research. Look up information about: - purpose for building it - how was is it built? - how was is it designed? - how long did it take to build? - what materials were used? Using this information we will write an information report about your chosen structure after we have learnt how to write information reports.

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