Structures and Materials Teaching Set
When purchased with the consumable pack, the Structures and Materials Teaching Set (121-00) includes equipment that enables students to explore beam designs and then perform destructive testing on them to analyse the properties of their materials and the performance of their design.
Typical practical activities include:
- Identify the forces that act on structures
- Investigate how skyscrapers are constructed
- Construct model beams from wood
- Use a computer model to design beams
- Explore the use of concrete as a construction material
- Construct a reinforced Plaster of Paris beam
- Research the use of concrete additives
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