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The Stress That You Apply: Footprint Area, Weight & Load
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Suescun, Eduardo Yowell, Janet |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students learn about contact stress and its applications in engineering. They are introduced to the concept of heavy loads, such as buildings, elephants, people and traffic, and learn how those heavy loads apply contact stress. Through the analysis of their own footprints, students determine their contact stress. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Polytechnic Institute of New York University |
| Subject Keyword | Science and Technology Soil Resistance Skyscraper Contact Stress Load Transfer Footprint Civil Engineering Gravity Buildings Force |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT1H30M |
| Education Level | Class III Class IV Class V |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Technical |
