STRUCTURES

Activities

TECHNOLOGY
2n ESO
 1st Recap
• Define the new vocabulary:
1.Shape
2. Frame
3. Shell
4. Layer
5. Load
6. Beams
7. Joint
8. Lightweight…
* Most volumen of a Shell structure is ……
 2nd Recap
• New vocabulary: …………………………
………………………………………………….
• What happens if something doesn’t have a
structure?
• Give 2 examples of elements of a frame
structure.
• What is a “key Stone”?
• What does the geometry of archs do to the
forces?
 3rd Recap
• New vocabulary: …………………………
………………………………………………….
• Can you think of 3 famous structures?
• Write 2 examples of …
– Natural mass structures:
– Man-made mass structures:
• Give 5 examples of…
– natural shell structures:
– artificial shell structures:
 4th Recap
• Classify according to the type of structure:
– A window …(example: it’s a frame structure)
– A chair ………………….
– An inverted dust bin …..
– A shelf ………………….
– A screen projector …….
– A door …………………..
– A Wall of the classroom .
 5th Recap
• Which types of structures would you use
to build: a) bridges, b) houses, c) bicycles,
d) castles.
• Which are the disadvantages of mass
structures?
• Which is the advantage of suspension
structures?
• List the structural elements of a house.
• When would you use: a) permanent
unions; b) non-permanent unions.
Name 4 types of structures and
explain their properties
FINAL ACTIVITIES
STRUCTURES
 Final Activities (1)
• Which type of force supports…
– a paper that we cut?
– A screwdriver?
– A beam?
– A column?
• Which type of force supports…
– The legs of a table?
– A car bumper?
– A cable?
– The sole of your shoes?
 Final Activities (2)
• Write 2 things that support…
– tension?
– compression?
– Torsion?
– Bending?
– Shearing?
• What is the difference between squeezing
and buckling?
• Can an element support 2 different types
of forces at the same time?
 Final Activities (3)
• True or false?
a) Torsion makes an element bend
b) Buckling is a consequence of compression
forces
c) Shear forces make one part of the element
slide over the other
d) Tension is the force that squeezes an
element