This week we have started the construction of our earthquake resistant spaghetti buildings. On the 18th and 19th we formed our companies and began to research and design.
Please check the website for the details of the spaghetti webquest. There is also some extra credit available--due by friday the 22nd.
To get some practice in building structures, play the game "Cargo Bridge" at http://onemorelevel.com/game/cargo_bridge
Be sure to check out the advantages of triangles over squares and rectangles.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
May 5/6 Starting our projects
Today starts several days of research and project writing. We will be in the media center/computer lab and working on our poster and digital story. Both will be due on Wednesday May 13th for B classes, Thursday May 14th for A classes.
Don't forget your thumbdrives--we'll need them for the next two weeks.
Don't forget your thumbdrives--we'll need them for the next two weeks.
Monday, May 4, 2009
May 4 Welcome back from Ask Testing
We are back into the game after the previous week of testing. We are starting our earthquake project--please check out the earthquake project webpage on my class website.
Today in class we used the earthquake shaker table to explore how buildings fail during earthquakes--remember, for extra credit you can build a model of a building with earthquake resistant technology, then test it on our shaker table. Please be prepared to explain how the technology works!
Today in class we used the earthquake shaker table to explore how buildings fail during earthquakes--remember, for extra credit you can build a model of a building with earthquake resistant technology, then test it on our shaker table. Please be prepared to explain how the technology works!
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