Task



"Hello there! My name's workman Jim and I have an extremely important job for you!"

"Unfortunately, we have just been hit by a gigantic earthquake and buildings in the city have completely collapsed!"

"These need to be rebuilt as quickly as possible. And it looks like we are going to be hit by many more earthquakes in the near future!'

'Your task is to come up with a few designs of new building, and then present these models made out of spaghetti straws!'

"But I also need you to research these buildings and find out what makes a really good earthquake resistant building! There are all types of shapes ans strategies you can use, so be really creative."

"I suggest that you first research what happens during earthquakes, both to the earth and to buildings, just so we know what we can defend against. Anything you design, I must be able to build. So if you can't build, neither can I. Within this document, I have given you plenty of resources to use for this, so you shouldnt have any problems!!!"

"They will be tested! So what are you waiting for? Studies show that in the next four lessons, we will get hit by another quake, so get researching!!!"