What’s on at NRM York
Building bridges
Feel the forces involved in bridges – literally! Discover what tension and compression mean as you become part of a bridge.
- Date:
- Term time, Mondays to Fridays
- Time:
- 11:15, 13:15, 14:15, 15:15 and 16:15
Length: 40 mins - Type:
- Key Stage 3
- Location:
- Learning Platform
Discover which bridges are best for railways – and how Brunel used them.
Curriculum links - KS3
Science
1.2 Applications and implications of science
a. Exploring how the creative application of scientific ideas can bring about technological developments and consequent changes in the way people think and behave.
3.1 Energy, electricity and forces
a. energy can be transferred usefully, stored, or dissipated, but cannot be created or destroyed
b. forces are interactions between objects and can affect their shape and motion