Hands-on Engineering

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Strong Buildings

presenter

Natalia Duchini
Global Innovation Director
Chemours

activity description

For this Engineering-based activity, students will learn the basics of civil engineering through the design of simple structures. Students will understand the natural forces that should be considered while designing a structure or building. They will be able to experiment with different geometries to ensure their structure is robust through connecting spaghettis with marshmallows. 
 
This activity will help students understand how engineers need to consider multiple geometries to ensure structures and building can sustain strong winds, earthquakes, and hurricanes.

materials needed

Bag of mini marshmallows
1 package of spaghetti

Perfect Landing! Touchdown on the Moon

Presenter

Albert Padilla
Science Supervisor
Jersey City Public Schools

Activity Description

Participants will create a lunar landing out of recyclable materials that will safely land astronauts (marshmallows) on the moon.

Materials Needed

• Cardboard
  
• Paper cups
  
• Straws
  
• Tape
  
• Mini and large marshmallows
  
• Wooden skewers
  
• Index cards