Career Tech http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.html
How is twisting strength different from bending strength?
What can be done with soft soil sites to carry a heavier load?
What can be done to reinforce a structure for high winds?
What are the two lowest cost materials shown?
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Find a piece of equipment used for road construction. Name it and save a picture of it in Word.
Find a piece of equipment used to harvest trees. Name it and save a picture.
Find a picture of a piece of equipment used to recycle trees into pieces.
Name it and save a picture.
View videos of each piece of equipment in use.
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Design a room online—pick your room, your flooring and wall color. I want to see each.
http://www.dongardner.com/
View several categories of house plans. What style did you like best?
Take a piece of paper and create a house plan with at least three bedrooms and two baths.
Career Tech Using Laeportal.com
Research at least five construction type jobs. Collect the information given on each job in a table in Word.