40 Minutes

Lesson Objectives:

• Apply the Engineering Design Process

• Build structure from models.

• Compare shapes of models.

• Communicate their thoughts about the concepts related to stability.

• Determine the impact of aspects of shape on stability.

• Demonstrate responsible use of technology.

• Evaluating the use of a model to represent natural world structures.

• Identify likely reasons for the instability of a structure.

• Improve the stability of a structure based on results in testing.

Materials Needed:

• NoRILLA

• Bins of different building blocks, like Duplo, Lincoln Logs, Unit blocks

• Books: The Three Little Pigs and/or Los Tres Pequenos Jabalies by Susan Lowell.

• Optional: Pig Noses (made from egg cartons; see Extensions)

• Optional: Using the Scientific Method worksheet from Lesson 2