DT - Yr 8 Structures - Architecture - Class Work Booklet – Microsoft Word Version

Year 8 Design and Technology Structures / Architecture student workbook.
This document is to be used in conjunction with the other files produced in this body of work.

Microsoft Word Version

This document is the student class book which is to be completed week by week in parallel with D&T practical work.
Students will be introduced to a series of structures and engineering techniques and will be taught how to build a fully supported bridge that can sustain a heavy weight.

Tasks include: researching and answering questions on engineering techniques, designing and constructing structures out of real world materials and identifying architectural strategies.

File is recommended to be printed as a magazine style booklet.

Students should be advised to create a structure that is both structurally sound, yet cost effective.

Items needed for practical work:

• Straws (paper art straws work well and are more cost effective)
• Paper
• Cardboard
• Hot glue guns and glue or Sellotape.
• Weights to test the structure.