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Grades
K - 3
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1
Hours

Newspaper Chair

Design Challenge
Engineering
In pairs or groups, create a chair newspaper chair that supports one person and uses the least amount of materials.

Concepts at a Glance

  1. Use the engineering design cycle to solve a problem
  2. Apply knowledge of forces to create a newspaper chair.

Curriculum Connections

K

  • Properties of familiar materials
  • Effects of size, shape, and materials on movement

1

  • Specific properties of materials allow us to use them in different way.

2

  • Physical ways of changing materials.
  • Types of forces.

3

  • Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.

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