Overall Goal:

Students will construct seasonally appropriate survival structures (shelter and fire) and investigate the external forces that act upon these structures.

Curriculum Connections:

Understanding Structures and Mechanisms - Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms

Developing Communication Skills:

2.3 -use scientific inquiry/research skills to investigate how structures are built to withstand forces

2.5 - use appropriate science and technology vocabulary including tension, compression and load

Understanding Basic Concepts:

3.2 - identify external forces acting on a structure

3.4 - Describe forces resulting from natural phenomena that can have severe consequences for structures in the environment and identify structure features that help overcome some of these forces.