Fifth Grade Scholars are engaging in the engineering and design process at the Thurgood Marshall Magnet School of Multimedia and Communication.

1. Engineering
Earthquake
-Resistant
Buildings

2. Prep Adventure 1&2
What is Engineering?
We engineered towers and were introduced to the
Engineering Design Process as a problem solving
tool.
What is technology?
We explored different items as engineers; we
redesigned items by improving their technology.

3. Adventure 1
A Shaky Situation: How can we stop buildings from being damaged
during an earthquake?
Let’s make
prototype houses
and test their
durability on a
Shake Table.m

4. Adventure 2
Building Skeletons-
How can earthquakes impact
buildings of different heights
and shapes?

5. Adventure 3
Stop the Slide: We engineered ways to stop the
buildings from sliding off the shake table.
I can’t believe
Spirit thinks
that her
building is
stronger than
mine!!

6. Adventure 3
Stop the Slide: We engineered ways
to stop the buildings from sliding off
the shake table.

7. Adventure 4 Getting Braces:
We engineered ways to stop our buildings from
changing their shape during a test on the shake table. We reinforced
our building
with a solid
roof and walls.
Why is it still
shearing?

8. Adventures 5&6
We improved our initial designs, tested them,
and finalized our building codes.

10. Adventure 7:
Our final designs
and share their knowledge of the
Engineering Design Process.