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INDEX
Introduction
Purpose
Hypothesis
Materials
PART ONE
Gateway
Structures
PART TWO
3D Geometric Structures: Which is Strongest?
PART THREE
Testing
Buildings: Which Design is Strongest?
PART FOUR
Stronger
Buildings:
Supports
PART FIVE
Stronger
Buildings:
Buttresses and Struts
PART SIX
Earthquake
Simulation: Columns
PROBLEMS WITH
MY EXPERIMENT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INFORMATION PAGE
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Team Size |
1 |
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Subject Area |
Engineering |
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Project Type |
Experimental |
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Project Level |
Standard |
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Project Format |
Traditional |
Project Summary
| I wanted to see what
type of shape or supports would make a building strong. I looked at 3D
geometric shapes, such as pyramids, triangular prisms, etc., and supports
such as columns and buttresses. I built models of buildings and tested
to see how strong they were by adding sandbag weights until they collapsed. |
Software
Tools Used
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Microsoft Front Page,
Word, Excel, and Photo Editor
Corel Photo House, Print
master |
Hardware
Tools Used
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ACER Scanner 310p, Digital Camera,
SLR Camera |
Source of
the Idea for the project
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From the book, Rome In
Incredible Cross Sections, that showed different buildings and their designs. |
No special skills
were used to build
the project.
Awards
Won
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2004 Glooscap Elementary
School Science Fair: Selected to compete at Regional Science Fair
2004 Annapolis Valley
Regional Science Fair:
Best Project Grades 4-6,
Best Engineering Project, Gold Medal |
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