We had planned a special "Falling Bridges" activity based on some 3-letter acronym teaching style.
I began by talking about the importance of math in building structures, then showed a couple of video clips about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse.
After the video we looked at a worksheet where an engineer determined a value for what the bridge can hold, and Sam made a sign with an improper value. We looked at how rounding error can drastically effect the end result of a problem.
After teaching a couple sections I changed my wording in the presentation of the problem and had the students pretend to be judges trying to figure out who is at fault for the bridge collapse. This activity engaged the students and I would like to rework the activity to increase how engaged students are.
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