Engineering a House

Upon Dorthy's return from the Land of Oz

she plans to continue living in Kansas, but she would like to live in a house

that will be able to withstand another tornado.

She is looking for engineers to design and build a prototype for her new house.

Use what you can learn or know about structural design.

Task

• Build a structure out of provided materials that will withstand a tornado (hairdryer on high) for 60s

The house must have

• four walls, a ceiling and a door
• Be tall enough for "Dorothy" (a 6" doll) to stand up in
• May not be taped to the table.

Your materials

• straws
• craft sticks
• pipe cleaners
• toothpicks
• 2 pieces of computer paper
• paper clips

materials list continued

• tape
• 5 index cards
• scissors

Design and Building

• Before construction, you must create "blueprints" of your initial design indicating how much of each material and where it will be on your blueprint

Continued

• Over the time of construction and testing, the design should be modified.
• The final design should be your last whether (LOL) it works or not.

Final Day of construction and testing

Questions?