Unlike structures built directly on the ground, gravity is a big problem for bridges. As gravity pushes down on a structure built on land, the ground is also pushing back up. Bridges lack this adva…
Bridges are amazing feats of engineering and a great logic challenge for your children designers. Here are some resources to help teach them more about bridges and how they work. Lesson Plans Bridge Lesson on Forces, Arch Bridges, & Truss Bridges – a detailed hands-on unit study designed for a homeschool co-op. Bridge Lesson on […]
STEM Design &build a model of a bridge. Choose from 4 types of bridges and decide which model to build. How accurately can students replicate the bridge?
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some of 1/2B's beautiful bridge silhouettes Lesson Background: My class have been engaged in a Technology unit for the past few weeks, exploring bridge building principles and the design, make and appraise process. We have watched videos, looked at photos, had endless discussions and done many experiments to determine why bridges are built in different ways, how to make our own paper bridges strong and stable, and how bridge designs change depending on their purpose. My class have spent the past week developing PowerPoint presentations about different bridge types and their purposes, so I thought it would be nice to create some artworks showing some of the different bridge types they have been researching. I found this great lesson idea on the Art with Mr Hall blog- http://artwithmrhall.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/bridge-silhouettes.html, and have made just a few small changes to suit my Year 1/2 students and the resources we had available to us. Materials (per student): Written by Xander (Grade 2) and Angela (Grade 1) · 1 A4 piece of white art paper · Pencil and a rubber · 1 black permanent marker · Warm and cool watercolour paint · Water · A thin and thick paint brush · A 30cm ruler · Pictures of bridge silhouettes from Google Images Lesson Steps: Written by Kayla (Grade 2), Eve (Grade 2) and Agnes (Grade 2) 1. Position your paper in landscape. 2. Grab your pencil and draw a straight line across the paper in the middle or slightly above or below the middle. This will be your water line. 3. Look at bridge silhouettes on the Internet and choose a bridge shape you like. 4. Carefully copy the bridge shape you like onto your paper using lead pencil. Make sure you don’t just draw lines- draw rectangle shapes instead. 5. Outline and colour your bridge with a black permanent marker. 6. Choose a cool colour for your water background and paint it on. 7. Choose a warm colour for your sky background and paint it on. 8. When the water and sky are nearly dry, choose some warm colours then paint some flicks in the sky and choose some cool colours and paint some flicks in the water. 9. Go and put your pretty painting on the drying rack. 10. When it is completely dry, go over your bridge with the black marker to make it stand out and cover any paint flicks that got on the bridge when you did your sky flicks. 11. Glue the art work on to black backing paper. Grade 1/2 Student Artworks: By Angela (Grade 1) By Annabel (Grade 1) By Austin (Grade 2) By Jeff (Grade 2) By Rohan (Grade 2) By Tahir (Grade 1) More 1/2B bridges By Anna (Grade 1) By Ella (Grade 2) By Kayla (Grade 2) By Eve (Grade 2) By Amelia (Grade 1) By Callum (Grade 1) By Nive (Grade 2) Well done, 1/2B! You have done a great job on these artworks. I also want to congratulate Xander, Angela, Agnes, Kayla and Eve, who wrote the lesson materials and steps for this blog post. I think you learned a lot about the importance of including detail in your procedures. You have done a super job! From Mrs Baker
I decided to take on my own challenge of incorporating a STEM activity every day for a week. It turned out to be a huge success where both my students and I had a blast. Here were the various …
My daughter and I love the famous artists. We also love playing around with different paint techniques. We combined the two for these Monet inspired landscape sponge paintings. The sponge created a wonderful backdrop for these impressionist style paintings. We chose Monet’s Water Lilies and Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies as our inspiration. […]
Da Vinci Popsicle Stick Bridge: Make a self supporting bridge with no mechanical fasteners or adhesives based on one of Leonardo Da Vinci's designs. You will be weaving the sticks together so that the tension between the sticks keeps the bridge together and lifts it off of the gr…
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Triangle Truss Bridges: Students design and build truss bridges, then test the strength of the bridge by attaching a scale. You can find the lesson plan, 1-page project sheet, and more project ideas at STEM-Inventions.com
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Engineering Challenge: Can your group create a bridge made from different types of pasta that spans at least 12 inches and can hold the most weight? Materials: (per group) Different types of pasta (lasagna, spaghetti, etc.) Liquid glue Hot glue gun (teacher use only, optional) Weights (we used textbooks) Books (to place the bridge on and create the span) This packet contains all the information you need to make this a great engineering activity in your classroom! Lab sheets, student and teacher instructions, and challenge signs are all included! Using simple and cheap materials, you can engage your students in the engineering process! This is one of many engineering challenges that I will be posting, follow my store to receive notifications when new challenges are posted! Check out these TEN PACKS of STEM Challenges! STEM Challenges Ten Pack #1 STEM Challenges Ten Pack #2 STEM Challenges Ten Pack #3
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Here’s a fun STEM building challenge for kids! Set up this bridge building activity and challenge kids to construct a sturdy LEGO® bridge that spans the width of the river. I love activities like this because they are beneficial and engaging for a wide range of ages. In order to build a bridge, kids need […]
I'm so excited to share with you my newest TPT product! I'll be teaching a human body class this upcoming semester at our local co-op. I needed a human body project for kids in my class that will allow them to organize and store the information we learn. I came up with this file folder
Make bridge building simple and hands-on with these 10 Bridge Building STEM Challenges. From acorns to elastics there's an activity for you!
