Bridges
Lesson idea. A brief explanation of an investigation in to the load carrying capabilities of bridges of varying length and cross sectional area, each built from a piece of A4 paper.
Teaching approach. This activity supports a number of learning types:
- small group work(ta) - investigation conducted by small groups reporting back to the class.
- whole class(ta) dialogue(ta) - discussion of each situation open-ended questions(ta) – why did this happen? what do you think causes this movement?
- peer assessment(ta) – do peers agree?
- project work – linked in with the rest of the activities in this OER, topic work in design and technology, literacy, numeracy
- inquiry(ta)-based learning – initial presentation to the class can be framed as a problem for them to solve; co-enquiry – children working collaboratively
- arguing and reasoning(ta) – persuading each other about their explanations.
- exploring ideas – developing understanding of key scientific principles.
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| Resource details | |
| Title | Building bridges from a piece of A4 paper |
| Topic | [[Topics/Force|Force]] |
| Teaching approach | [[Teaching Approaches/Assessment|Assessment]], [[Teaching Approaches/Dialogue|Dialogue]], [[Teaching Approaches/Questioning|Questioning]], [[Teaching Approaches/Whole class|Whole class]], [[Teaching Approaches/Group work|Group work]], [[Teaching Approaches/Inquiry|Inquiry]], [[Teaching Approaches/Reasoning|Reasoning]] |
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| Subject | [[Resources/Science|Science]] |
| Age of students / grade | [[Resources/Primary|Primary]] |
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| Acknowledgement | This resource was adapted from resources and original ideas contributed by Paul Warwick, at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. |
