- 8th graders are gone

- Work on roller coasters ... OR

- P.G.

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- Read "Forces" on page 40

- Build roller coasters

- Figure out platform

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- Build roller coaster parts

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- New Groups

- Get supplies

• 1 bracket
• 1 merge
• 15 column
• 3 straight track
• 10 beam
• 3 sharp curve
• 3 wide curve
• 2 shelf
• 2 funnel
• 1 loop

- Brainstorm p. 55 in the green notebook

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- Finish engineer presentation

- Paper roller coaster (examples)

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Types of Engineers

- Tell us the following info in a google slideshow

• Name of Engineer
• What do they do
• Where do they work
• What education do they need
• How much do they make

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- Finish Bridge presentations

- Assessment

- "Face" data base / privacy???

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- Work on bridges

- Work on presentation
   Presentation - copy and enter information

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- Work on bridges

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- Now that you have researched and
   played the game, in your 'research'
   section, sketch your idea for the bridge

- Show me your finished research section

- Do section 4 "Develop mulitple ideas"
   with another group (4 people total)
   write your info in google docs and 
   tape it into your notebook

- Do section 5 "Choose best idea"
   • design matrix
   • final (good) drawing with dimensions

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