Summary:
Collaborating with another engineer, you have discovered information about earthquakes near you. You learned about earthquake resistant structures and designed one of your own. You have also presented a convincing argument to a school board about why your design is the safest. Congratulations! You have made a safe place for following generations to engage brain matter!
(You have spent time learning about earthquakes and designing a building to survive an earthquake. However, there are some questions to consider. Can anyone every really be safe from natural disasters such as earthquakes? Who is safer, someone who lives far away, or someone who lives right on top of the fault? Your first guess may not be the best. )
Extension:
If you want to learn more about buildings and try your hand at a working 3-D model, you can build another structure model and a shake table to test a variety of different earthquake resistant structure designs. Shake Table Building Instructions.
Collaborating with another engineer, you have discovered information about earthquakes near you. You learned about earthquake resistant structures and designed one of your own. You have also presented a convincing argument to a school board about why your design is the safest. Congratulations! You have made a safe place for following generations to engage brain matter!
(You have spent time learning about earthquakes and designing a building to survive an earthquake. However, there are some questions to consider. Can anyone every really be safe from natural disasters such as earthquakes? Who is safer, someone who lives far away, or someone who lives right on top of the fault? Your first guess may not be the best. )
Extension:
If you want to learn more about buildings and try your hand at a working 3-D model, you can build another structure model and a shake table to test a variety of different earthquake resistant structure designs. Shake Table Building Instructions.