Structural Engineering Show - Why Buildings Don't Fall Down
What is the strongest shape? How did the Romans build structures 2000 years ago that are still being used today? Can you really stand on eggs? Can you build a bridge out of balloons? What is a truss? We use a ten foot truss bridge, a suspension bridge, a large block arch, slides, juggling, balloon tying, blues harmonica, and other props to demonstrate basic building principals.
Structural Engineering Workshop - Now You're Building
In this workshop students become their own structural engineers!
How tall of a structure can you build? How can you make it more stable? Using beams and connectors students try their hands at engineering their own structures. They learn to build trusses, towers, suspension bridges and arches. They then try to solve a construction problem with a structure of their own design.
