• 6th Grade Engineering

  • January 8, 2025

    Hand out Engineering Safety Contract & Syllabus ( Return to Mr. Taylor by Friday, January 17, 2025.

     

    Project #1 Rubber Band Powered Cars ( Due: January 31, 2025)

    Refer to the Rubber Band Powered Car Project Below.

     

    Pre-Engineering ( Bridges)

       Computer Bridge Program

        Bridge Rubric

        Word Search

    1) Build bridge #1 following the bridge spec sheet.

    2) Test bridge #1 and record load. Observe areas where the design needs to be improved. ( Test a bridge = 50 Points)

    3) Design and build bridge #2.

    4) Test and record load for bridge #2

    5) Write up a conclusion that compares the performance of the two bridges. What bridge performed better? Why?

    Test Bridge #2 and do a compare contrast between Bridge 1 and Bridge 2 = 50 points

     

     

    Project #3 Theory of Flight

    • Forces of Flight
    • Paper Airplanes
    • Glider Project / Contest
    • Word Search & Word Jumble

    Due: 

     

    Rocket Simulation

    Practice launching rockets.

    Goto the following link to load the simulation.
    https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/embeds/132-rocket-launch-challenge

    Space Suite Design & Mars Colony- See Space Folder Below for the Lesson ( 50 points each- Due May 20th)

     
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