Structural Engineering: Bridges & Skyscrapers
Structural Engineering: Bridges & Skyscrapers
With this kit of modular building pieces, you can learn the basics of structural engineering by conducting a series of 20 model-building experiments.
Each model demonstrates a basic principle of mechanical physics or structural engineering in a hands-on way.
- Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner 2017
- Featured in Purdue University’s Engineering Gift Guide for 2017
- Start out with small models that demonstrate how structural elements can be attached together to maximize the strength of a structure for a fixed amount of material used.
- Learn about basic structural elements including columns, beams, trusses, plates, arches, shells, and catenary.
- Explore the forces acting on structural components including tension, compression, shear, and bending.
- Move onto building more complex models of trusses, roofs, and small buildings.
- Experiment with different types of bridge construction: a truss bridge, arch bridge, cantilever bridge, rope bridge, and suspension bridge.
- Finally, build models of towering skyscrapers. What is the tallest tower you can build using only the pieces included in the kit? Learn about the strength and stiffness of materials.
- See how structural engineers optimize factors to maximize safety, and minimize cost and the risk of structural failure.
A 44-page, full-color manual guides you through model building with step-by-step illustrated instructions.
323 Pieces. 44 page manual. 20 models built in succession.
Ages 8 +
NGSS Correlations
- 2-PS1-1 Structure and Properties of Matter
- 2-PS1-2 Structure and Properties of Matter
- 2-PS1-3 Structure and Properties of Matter
- K-2-ETS1-2 K-2.Engineering Design
- K-2-ETS1-3 K-2.Engineering Design
- 3-PS2-1 Forces and Interactions
- 3-5-ETS1-1 Engineering Design
- 3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering Design
- 3-5-ETS1-3
- 3-5-ETS1-3
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