Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Engineering Design
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
How do you design buildings to withstand hurricanes? Students are given simple materials and design requirements to design and build a tower as tall as possible that will hold up a tennis ball while resisting the force of wind from a fan. For an extra challenge, a spray bottle of water can be used to simulate rain. Students test and redesign their towers to improve their performance.
This lesson plan includes teacher and student pages and a slideshow presentation.
Next Generation Science Standards: ETS2.B