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Have them raise their hands to respond. Write their ideas on the board. The worksheet includes a matching activity to reinforce vocabulary and definitions. The three math problems include solving equations and are of increasing difficulty. Assign younger students only the first question. Add the next problem for older students. Assign the third question as a math challenge to advanced students. Next time students ride in a car or bus, ask them to notice and record on paper the types of materials used in the bridges they cross. Lead a discussion of findings during the next class period.
Many types of aggregates — such as sand, gravel, pebbles, glass, vermiculite and rubber - have been used to make concrete. One disadvantage to concrete is that it is weak when a tension force is applied to it and therefore has a very low tensile strength. Concrete has a tendency to crack, and special design precautions are often taken to control the cracking. Reinforced concrete often has steel embedded in it. Why might there be so many types of aggregates?
To achieve different purposes in different applications.
Sometimes other materials are added to the concrete mix to give it specific characteristics not typical with plain concrete mixes, making the concrete less brittle, stronger, more durable, a better insulator, or less likely to suffer freeze-thaw damage. Incorporate synthetic fibers to improve elasticity, include bits of colored glass for more decorative applications, recycle glass and rubber waste material from recycling collection or old tires. Assign internet research to learn more. Lead students in another TeachEngineering activity on the strength of materials, easily relatable to concrete: Engineering for the Three Little Pigs.
Show students a blast furnace animation at the howstuffworks website: Watch a four-minute narrated film clip of the wind-induced collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington in Called "Galloping Gertie," this suspension bridge collapsed four months after it was built.
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Farmington Hills, MI, Manual of Steel Construction: American Institute of Steel Construction, Accessed October 16, Good overview of concrete and cement http: Concrete in the Classroom: Source of some vocabulary definitions, with some adaptation http: EcoSystems — WireBridge Designs. Cement and Concrete Basics. Mechanics of Materials, Third Edition.
Upper Saddle River, NJ, Design of Concrete Structures, Twelfth Edition. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policies of the Department of Education or National Science Foundation, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government. Want to be a TE reviewer?
Social media Newsletter Donate. Print this lesson Toggle Dropdown Print lesson and its associated curriculum. Related Curriculum Most curricular materials in TeachEngineering are hierarchically organized; i. Bridges Bridging the Gaps Bridge Types: Subscribe to our newsletter. Summary Students learn about the variety of materials used by engineers in the design and construction of modern bridges.
They also find out about the material properties important to bridge construction and consider the advantages and disadvantages of steel and concrete as common bridge-building materials to handle compressive and tensile forces. Engineering Connection When designing structures such as bridges, engineers carefully choose the materials by anticipating the forces the materials the structural components are expected to experience during their lifetimes.
Breaking the Mold In this math activity, students conduct a strength test using modeling clay, creating their own stress vs. Strong as the Weakest Link To introduce the two types of stress that materials undergo — compression and tension — students examine compressive and tensile forces and learn about bridges and skyscrapers. Strong as the Weakest Link. Bridging the Gaps Students are presented with a brief history of bridges as they learn about the three main bridge types: Mechanics of Elastic Solids Students calculate stress, strain and modulus of elasticity, and learn about the typical engineering stress-strain diagram graph of an elastic material.
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