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• Paper Columns
• Plasticene Columns- Stress and Strain
  

• Paper Towers
• Paper Towers with rolled paper
• Paper Towers with Cables
• Demo: Mini-Activities
• Demo-Concrete Block Arch Bridge
• Demo- Catenary Arch
• Cathedrals-Gothic Arches and Flying Buttresses
  
• NOVA Simulation- The Physics of Stone Arches
  
• Demo- Sand Columns-Combination of Materials
• Demo: Determining Crush Strength of a Paper Cup
• Demo: Determine Crush Strength of An Egg
  
• Paper Cantilever Beams
• Sandwich Beams- Effect of cross-section on beam strength
• Inca Grass Bridge- Twisted Cables Lab
  

• Building Big- Forces Lab
• Building Big- Bridge Challenge


• Straw Bridge Trusses and Analysis
• West Point Bridge Designer- Optimize Standard Design
• West Point Bridge Designer- Design Arch Bridge
• West Point Bridge Designer-Cable Bridge
  
• West Point Bridge Designer- Original Design/Folly
• House Design Project- Google SketchUp
  
• Timberframe House Model Project