Stability Design Challenge (Grade 3)

Grade: Three

Topic: Stability

Challenge/Problem: Design and construct a model of a structure that will hold a suspended object at different heights above the ground (as with a pioneer cooking pot held above a fire)

Skill Builders:

• Skill Builder 1 – A-Maze-ing Hinged Game
• Skill Builder 2 – Strengthening a Structure
• Skill Builder 3 – Balance
• Skill Builder 4 – Table (Stability and Strength)

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• concept of stability, including balance, centre of gravity and strong or rigid forms (e.g., triangulation, support beams)
• using triangles (e.g., gussets, trusses) and support pieces (e.g., struts, buttresses) to make a structure more stable
• pioneer cooking utensils and methods

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