What is Engineering?

Grade 645 min

Learning Objective

I can design and build a simple structure that can support a specific weight.

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

5 min

Why Are Beach Holes So Deadly?

Unknown Channel

Practice

14 min

7 questions • Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

Imagine you are building a sandcastle wall. Describe one thing you could do to the sand to make it stronger and able to support more weight, based on what you learned in the video. You want to build a tall, thin tower out of sand. What is one factor, discussed in the video, that could cause your tower to collapse, and how could you adjust your design to account for this factor?

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