INTRODUCTION TASK PROCESS RESOURCES EVALUATION

6.  The 4 Factors that describe a bridge There are four major factors that can be used to describe bridges.  Fill in the missing information for each factor in the spaces below. Bridge Factors Answer Span Material Placement of Travel Surface Form

7.  Complete this Lab on Forces This lab will simplify the real-life conditions that affect structures (shapes), in order to illustrate key concepts.  In the real world, many variables affect the strength and stability of any given shape.  This lab will demonstrate the difference in shape strength when a force (weight) is applied to it.

Which material is the strongest in compression? Which material is the strongest in tension? Which shape is the strongest?

CONGRATULATIONS!  You're done with the Web Quest.

Keep your worksheets in your Technology Notebooks.