Tell your kids that you re going to make some together What you ll need for this project and then shake it hard Place the jar on a table and a funnel should appear 12 Things That May Cause Breast Cancer You Should Avoid 10 Surprising Benefits Of Dragon Fruit You Never Knew 20 Awesome DIY Science Projects to Do With Your Kids
Just how much damage an earthquake can do can be difficult to imagine This simple shaker table will help show the effects of earthquakes on buildings and landscaping With this shaker table you can see the difference of P and S waves P waves push and pull
A simple DIY table such as the one shown here make excellent kids tables And this one is built around a quickly assembled frame and everything is secured with screws If you don t already have a pocket screw jig then this project is the perfect excuse to add one to your DIY arsenal Photo Courtesy of Upside of Chaos
· The table can be coded in LEGO MINDSTORMS So far we have developed MINDSTORMS EV3 code for a random earthquake simulator and for one that starts slow and ramps up to top speed Building the shake table itself is an exercise in using gear trains translating rotational motion into linear motion and combining power sources to run the same gears
Students learn how engineers design and construct buildings to withstand earthquake damage by building their own model structures using toothpicks and marshmallows They experiment to see how earthquake proof their buildings are by testing them in an earthquake simulated in a pan of Jell O®
You can even measure how hard your earthquake table shakes using a smartphone and Google s Science Journal app Objective In this experiment you will make a shake table to test if the height of a building will affect its stability Building the Tallest Tower 10 Robotics Projects Kids Can Really Make
Kids are introduced to the problem how can we stop buildings from being damaged during an earthquake Adventure 4 Getting Braces Kids engineer ways to stop their buildings from changing shape during a test on the shake table Unit Map Adventure 5 Creating an Earthquake Resistant Building Groups plan create and test their buildings on the
Building Your Shake Table A shake table is used to create motion with which you can test your sugar cube houses response to shaking For your shake table you will try to imitate the pushing and pulling P waves Figure 3 shows the components of the shake table and how it is assembled
· Wooden blocks and the shake table Last year we brought back our quake simulator from Earthquake week so kids could build towers and make them crumble Foundations This year we put sand and blocks in the sensory table and encouraged kids to try building towers on the flat ground versus with the bottom block buried in the sand for stability
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A kids table adds greater function to daily living Creating kid sized furniture allows access which normal adult sized furniture fails to provide A simple do it yourself project designing and building a kids table is easy to accomplish with minimal tools and materials
to make a handle TEST EVALUATE REDESIGN Test your structure using the shake table Attach the file folder with your structure on top of it to the table with the binder clips Use one hand to hold the bottom of the shake table against a surface pull the handle with the other and let go earthquake
· Note that if you use balls as rollers for your shake table it will perform differently than a table that uses cylindrical rollers So here s a bonus activity Challenge your kids to research the unique ways that earthquakes move the ground then construct different shake tables to model those motions
Science Experiments Kids Science Lessons Science Projects Autumn Activities For Kids Hands On Activities Second Grade Science Science Curriculum Earth Science Science Mary Spangler Science This engineering teacher tip helps OST educators easily simulate an earthquake using a shake table from our free Shake Things Up unit
Students learn about how engineers design and build shake tables to test the ability of buildings to withstand the various types of seismic waves generated by earthquakes Just like engineers students design and build shake tables to test their own model buildings made
Best of all it took us less than 10 minutes to make each table and cost us around 30 per table All of the kids from 2 1 2 to 7 1 2 love them and have so much fun with them they were worth every penny If you need some more Lego and you want to score a deal check out the Lego Amazon store They often have some pretty great prices there