Column Design Mueller Park Junior High School Objectives

Column Design Mueller Park Junior High School

Objectives • The Student will: • Construct and test a column that the teacher has designed. • Design, construct, and test a column that the student will designed them self. • The designing of your column should be with the idea that the column should support as much weight as possible, yet be the lightweight.

Related Careers • Architect: Someone that designs structures.

Related Careers • Contractor: Someone that is in charge of having the structures built.

Related Careers • Construction Worker: Someone that builds the structures.

Related Careers • Engineer: Someone that decides on the material and methods to be used on the structures.

Related Careers • Agriculture Engineer: Someone that studies the soil.

Related Careers • Chemist: Someone that studies the action and reaction of chemicals

Key Terms and Definitions: • Lamination: The gluing of two or more pieces together.

Key Terms and Definitions: • Alloy: The melting of two or more kinds of metal together.

Key Terms and Definitions: • Composite: A uniform material made up of two or more ingredients.

Key Terms and Definitions: • Synthetic: Is a man made material (it does not happen naturally in nature).

Key Terms and Definitions: • Plastic : A synthetic material made from coal and oil products.

Key Terms and Definitions: • Compression Rating: The resistance to being compressed or crushed.

Wood

Wood: • Comes in many forms. The use of glue has increased the versatility and straight of wood products.

Wood: • Plywood: Is thin layers of wood laminated.

Wood: • Particle board : Is a composite of saw dust and glue.

Wood: • Wafer board (O. S. B. ): Is a composite of wood chips and glue.

Wood: • Laminated beams: Is many thin layers of wood laminated.

Metal: • Are very different. Using alloys has increased the versatility and straight of metal products.

Metal: • Copper: Doesn’t rust (used in pipes and wires).

Metal: • Iron : Strong, but rust fast and is very heavy.

Metal: • Zinc: Doesn’t rust.

Metal: • Steel: Very strong, slower rusting, and lighter.

Metal: • Aluminum: Light weight, strong, expensive.

Plastic: • Is made from coal and oil products. Coal and oil come from dead plants and animals.

Plastic: • Plastic has become : Lightweight, heatresistant, and tougher than many metals. • Many of the new plastics composites have been developed that are 20 to 30 times stronger than the plastic alone would be.

Materials Needed: • Four sheets of copy paper (8 ½" X 11"), one of the sheets will be the teachers design of a column. • White glue. • Scissors. • A ruler (SI system). • A circle template. • A protractor. • A calculator.

Rules: • All shapes must be 3" tall and must be three dimensional. • The outside shape must be a 2" diameter circle. • There can’t be a top or a bottom on any of the shapes. • No Laminating shapes.

Rules: • Do not use more glue than is needed. • Only one sheet of paper maybe used to construct all of the shape to be used. • Do not fill or coat the shapes with glue. • Four Shapes Minimum.