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Project Overview
A major focus of the Grade Four science curriculum , Innovations in Science,
is on the nature of and interaction of non-living things. Also, opportunities
are available to explore the application of science, especially ways in which
technology utilizes and integrates information from other areas.
To develop awareness and understanding of how humans design and build
structures which are able to withstand the forces of nature, students will
need to access information that is current, complete and accurate. Also,
students will need to have the opportunity to communicate with professionals
who are involved in creating these structures.
It is proposed through this project that Grade Four students will learn to use
the Internet as one of the chief sources of obtaining the required
information.
Curriculum Connections
Specifically, through this project, Grade Four students will locate and
utilize information which will provide them with a close look at the way
bridges are built and the materials from which they are made by focusing on
the following areas:
- Identify problems associated with building bridges
- Value of blue-prints
- How weather effects building materials
- Different bridges and their uses
- Identify various support designs and load each can carry
- Relationship between design and beam and its strength
- Three main bridge types
- Recognize ratios of ingredients needed to make strong concrete
- Identify best materials of building bridges
Resource Connections
The Stem-Net Stellar Schools Program is essential to completing this project
as described. It is only through this process that a class of students will
be able to simultaneously access the Internet under direct teacher
supervision.
Evaluation
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