Science - Forces Acting on a Structure

Today's class focused on the following:

- Using appropriate science and technology vocabulary, including tension, compression, torque, and load in oral and written language

- Identify internal forces acting on a structure, and describe their effects on the structure

- Identify external forces acting on a structure, and describe their effects on the structure

Activity taken from Wonderville

https://wonderville.org/app/asset/forces-of-wonder

Review and real life examples

Activity taken from PBS Building Big: Forces Lab

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.html