Testing the strength of columns

Topics Year 2/3

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Objectives

History

Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
Learn about the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain (architecture).

Science

Set up simple, practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests.
Use results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values, suggest improvements and raise further questions.

You Will Need

3 or 4 cylinders
A box of 3-D shapes
Plenty of A4 paper
Glue sticks
Flip chart
Calculators
A large number of each of the following metric weights; 100g, 200g, 500g and 1kg

Weblinks

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