Students will build houses out of straws, popsicle sticks, or legos in different sizes, then attempt to destroy them using varying levels of force. They will record the amount of force required and share results, discussing how the material and size affected the strength of each house and their ability to predict the outcomes.

1. Effects of Force and Motion
Chelsey Rutherford

2. Learning Objective
• Students will be able to observe the effects
of different levels of force on different
materials and be able to predict certain
outcomes based upon previous observations.

3. Learning Activity
• Students will break into groups of three. Each
student will be responsible for building a house
made of either straws, popsicle sticks, or legos.
• Each student must make two houses of the
same material, but different sizes.
• After completing the houses, students will
attempt to knock them down or destroy them
using force.
• They will then record their finding as to how
much force was required for each house.

4. Assessment
• Students will share results with the class, and
begin a discussion prompted by the teacher.
• The discussion will gauge the students ability
to comprehend the result as well as their
ability to predict future results.