Grade 7 Overall Expectations:
Analyse personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that need to be considered in designing and building structures and devices;
- The Human-Made World (Book)
- Technology (Book)
- The Way Things Work Now: From Levers To Lasers, Windmills To Wi-Fi, A Visual Guide To The World Of Machines (Book)
- The True Cost of Technology (Book)
- From Butterfly Wings To… Display Technology (Book)
- The Industrial Revolution For Kids: The People and Technology that Changed the World (Book)
- Engineering (Book)
- Seven Wonders of Engineering (Book)
- Super Cool Tech: Technology, Invention, Innovation (Book)
- Key Discoveries in Engineering and Design (Hoopla eBook)
- Design Thinking (Hoopla eBook)
- Basic Structural Principles and Elements (YouTube)
- NASA for Kids: Intro to Engineering (Website)
- Mechanical Engineering (Website)
- Urban Design (Website)
- Industrial Design (Website)
Design and construct a variety of structures, and investigate the relationship between the design and function of these structures and the forces that act on them;
- Junk Drawer Engineering: 25 Construction Challenges That Don’t Cost A Thing (Book)
- Cool Engineering Projects: Fun and Creative Workshop Ideas (Book)
- Engineering The City: How Infrastructure Works – Projects and Principles for Beginners (Book)
- Design It (Book)
- 3-D Engineering: Design And Build Your Own Prototypes With 25 Projects (Book)
- The Art Of Construction: Projects And Principles For Beginning Engineers And Architects (Book)
- Industrial Design (Hoopla eBook)
- Cool Structures (Hoopla eBook)
- Structures and Forces Playlist (YouTube)
- NASA: Engineering Units and Lessons for Grades 6-9 (Website)
- How to Build a Strong and Stable Structure for School (Website)
Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between structural forms and the forces that act on and within them.
- Mechanical Engineering and Simple Machines (Book)
- Engineered! Engineering Design At Work (Book)
- From Termite Den To… Office Building (Book)
- Explore Forces and Motion! (Book)
- Explore Gravity! (Book)
- NASA: Center of Gravity (Website)
- What is Center of Mass? (Website)
- Fairly Fundamental Facts about Forces and Structures (Website)
- Reasons for Structural Failures (Website)
- Engineering Design Project Guide (Website)
- Types of Structures (Website)
- Eleven Characteristics of Sustainable Materials (Website)