Concrete Product Design and Marketing
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| Audience/Grade: | 7-10 |
| Discipline(s): |
Civil Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Curricular Unit |
| Media Type: |
Audio |
| Author(s): |
Diane Brouwer Mary Margaret Small Narayanan Neithalath Sarah French Susan E. Powers |
| Description: | Students are provided with a real-world problem of selecting a suitable concrete mix for a client with a specific need. The students learn the basics of concrete mixtures and make a range of test samples including traditional mixes, concrete with solid waste as aggregate and porous concrete. They explore material properties, stresses and forces, and safety issues. Using a weighted objectives table, students select the “best” mixture for their project and fabricate a sample. The students develop marketing information and strategies to persuade their client that their concrete product is most suitable for the given problem. |
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| Keywords: | Concrete cement construction materials forces stress compression engineering problem solving porous concrete aggregate solid waste prototype |
| Is Component of: |
Project-Based Learning Partnership |
| Usage Tip | |
| Use of Resource: |
The site has resources for K-12 Students & Teachers - Project-Based Learning Partnership Program ý Project-Based Curricula. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Medium |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | October 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.clarkson.edu/highschool/k12/project/concretedesign.htm |
| Copyright and Use Restrictions: |
Copyright held by Clarkson University |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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