Read the Fine Print
Educational Use
Students are introduced to static equilibrium by learning how forces and torques are balanced in a well-designed engineering structure. A tower crane is presented as a simplified two-dimensional case. Using Popsicle sticks and hot glue, student teams design, build and test a simple tower crane model according to these principles, ending with a team competition.
- Subject:
- Architectural Drafting
- Construction Science Technologies
- Engineering and Information Technologies
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Provider:
- TeachEngineering
- Provider Set:
- TeachEngineering
- Author:
- Alison Pienciak
- Nicholas Hanson
- Stefan Berkower
- Date Added:
- 09/18/2014