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Boom Construction
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Roslyakov, Stanislav Yowell, Janet |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Student teams design their own booms (bridges) and engage in a friendly competition with other teams to test their designs. Each team strives to design a boom that is light, can hold a certain amount of weight, and is affordable to build. Student teams design their own booms (bridges) and engage in a friendly competition with other teams to test their designs. Each team strives to design a boom that is light, can hold a certain amount of weight, and is affordable to build. Teams are also assessed on how close their design estimations are to the final weight and cost of their boom "construction." This activity teaches students how to simplify the math behind the risk and estimation process that takes place at every engineering firm prior to the bidding phase—when an engineering firm calculates how much money it will take to build the project and then "bids" against other competitors. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Polytechnic Institute of New York University |
| Subject Keyword | Problem Solving Wind Power Beam Ultrasonic Estimation Civil Engineering Bridge Engineering Design Process |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT3H30M |
| Education Level | Class IX Class X Class XI Class XII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Technical |
