Building Structures: Testing Materials

The Grade 3’s worked through a science investigation today about the topic of building materials.

The questions they started out with:

  1. What are the properties of plastic, paper, fabric, and aluminum foil?
  2. When would you use each of these materials?

Students proceeded to conduct the following experiment and record their results.

Students: 

  1. If you were building a toy bridge, what materials would you use? Explain.
  2. If you were building a pillow which material would you use? Explain.