Bridge Building: Focus: Structural Engineering Grades - Educational ...

primary areas covered by these activities. They may be developed into larger units. Acompetitive environment seems to help motivate students for these activities.Objectives:• To understand basic structural terminology and to identify these terms in a groupactivity.• To use simple items to demonstrate how design plays into structure. To offer manysimple activities to demonstrate different aspects of• Structure. -Procedures:The procedures for each activity will be outlined on the group activity cards.Materials:Each activity card will contain a supply list for that particular activity. Substitutions arewelcomed and any available item can be appropriate. Some supplies generally used are:SpaghettiStraws, Marshmallows, StringToothpicksMasking Tape, Clay, ScissorsStringPaperPaper ClipsAny Material AvailableMeasuring Devices Stop watchWeights (what ever you decide to use)Assessment: Various forms of assessment can be used. A competitive environmentseems to motivate and points become an easy way to determine grade. Rubric templates areattached.17